Sen. Nick DiCeglie

Reducing Fetal and Infant Mortality; Revises purpose & requirements for Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Education & Use Prevention Program; requires DOH to contract with local healthy start coalitions for creation of fetal & infant mortality review committees; prohibits physician from performing abortion if gestational age of fetus is determined to be more than specified number of weeks; provides exception; requires directors of certain medical facilities & certain physicians to submit monthly report to AHCA electronically; requires hospitals participate in minimum number of quality improvement initiatives. APPROPRIATION: $1,602,000

Law Enforcement ; Authorizes a sheriff to transfer funds between specified categories and code levels after his or her budget is approved; revises salary minimums for county sheriffs; provides for adoption benefits for law enforcements officers; creates Florida Law Enforcement Recruitment Bonus Payment Program; provides exemption from certain law enforcement officer training requirements for military veterans; provides requirements for skills training for law enforcement officers relating to officer health & safety; makes children of law enforcement officers eligible for Family Empowerment Scholarships; encourages school districts to establish public safety telecommunication training programs & offer law enforcement explorer programs; requires Board of Governors & State Board of Education to create process that enables eligible law enforcement officers or former officers to earn credit for college-level training & education acquired while serving an officer; creates Florida Law Enforcement Academy Scholarship Program; provides for reimbursement for out-of-state & special operations forces law enforcement equivalency training.

Care of Students with Epilepsy or Seizure Disorders; Requires school to provide epilepsy or seizure disorder care to student; provides for creation & implementation of individualized seizure action plan for students with epilepsy or seizure disorders to receive health care at school; provides requirements for DOE, schools, school nurses & certain other school employees, & such plans.

Sales Tax Refunds for Building Mitigation Retrofit Improvements; Exempts materials used for building mitigation retrofit improvements from sales & use tax; requires owner of qualified building to electronically file documents with DOR to receive refund; prohibits owner from applying for refund more than one time annually; prohibits authorized mitigation inspector from committing misconduct; authorizes licensing board to take actions against authorized mitigation inspectors.

City of Clearwater - Solar Panels; Provides an appropriation for the City of Clearwater - Solar Panels. APPROPRIATION: $250,000

Toytown Environmental Remediation; Provides an appropriation for the Toytown Environmental Remediation. APPROPRIATION: $10,000,000

Neighborly Care Network – Facility Build-Out; Provides an appropriation for the Neighborly Care Network – Facility Build-Out. APPROPRIATION: $2,000,000

Clearwater Engineered Stormwater Control System; Provides an appropriation for the Clearwater Engineered Stormwater Control System. APPROPRIATION: $1,300,000

Hope Healing and Recovery Center for Women at Phoenix House Florida (Hillsborough County); Provides an appropriation for the Hope Healing and Recovery Center for Women at Phoenix House Florida (Hillsborough County). APPROPRIATION: $900,000

Pinellas and Pasco Counties Youth Advocate Program; Provides an appropriation for the Pinellas and Pasco Counties Youth Advocate Program. APPROPRIATION: $500,000