Sen. Nick DiCeglie

Treatment by a Medical Specialist; Authorizing firefighters, law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and correctional probation officers to receive medical treatment by a medical specialist for certain conditions under certain circumstances; requiring firefighters, law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and correctional probation officers to notify certain entities of their selection of a medical specialist, etc.

Individuals with Disabilities; Revising provisions related to programs and services provided by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; requiring the agency, within available resources, to offer voluntary participation care navigation services to clients and their caregivers at specified times; requiring the agency to develop and implement an online application process; revising which types of clients are eligible for an individual support plan; clarifying the timeframe within which a family or individual support plan must be developed, etc. APPROPRIATION: $38,852,223

Public Records/Licensed Veterinary Technicians; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for records relating to licensed veterinary technicians until specified criteria are met; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Review of Agency Rules; Requiring each state agency to annually compile a specified report, by a specified date; requiring the Administrative Procedures Committee to advise and assist state agencies with specified actions; requiring the staff director of the committee to prepare a certain report annually, by a specified date, and to publish such report on the committee’s website and submit such report to the Legislature, etc.

Independent Hospital Districts; Providing requirements for the conversion of an independent hospital district to a nonprofit entity; requiring the governing body of the district to determine by a supermajority vote whether conversion is in the best interests of its residents within a specified timeframe; providing for negotiation of an agreement between each affected county and the governing body of the independent hospital district, etc.

Operating Vehicles and Vessels Under the Influence; Revising conditions under which a person commits the offense of driving under the influence or boating under the influence, respectively; providing that the disposition of an administrative proceeding relating to a specified fine does not affect certain criminal action; adding specified grounds for issuance of a search warrant; revising probation guidelines for felonies in which certain substances are contributing factors, etc.

Strategic Infrastructure Investment Plan; Requiring the Department of Transportation to develop a strategic infrastructure investment plan to address freight mobility infrastructure; requiring the department to coordinate with certain stakeholders to develop the plan; requiring the department to complete an assessment of certain factors and to consider the findings of the assessment in developing the plan; authorizing the department to expend moneys from the State Transportation Trust Fund to pay the cost of any projects identified in the strategic infrastructure investment plan, etc.

Professional Licensure and Certification; Authorizing the practice of a profession as a substitute for certain professional or occupational degrees for certain foreign-trained professionals; revising education and work experience requirements for taking the surveyor and mapper licensure examination, etc.

Mitigation Credits; Defining the term “proximity factor”; revising the list of projects eligible to use mitigation banks; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection and water management districts to authorize the use of mitigation credits within surrounding basins; specifying the circumstances under which credits may be deemed unavailable in a basin, etc.

Pet Health; Revising the definition of the term “property insurance”; providing that certain practices related to pet wellness programs are unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices; designating the "Pet Insurance Act"; requiring pet insurers that use such defined terms in their pet insurance policies to use the statutory definition in their policies; requiring pet insurers to make certain disclosures to pet insurance applicants and policyholders, etc.