Sen. Debbie Mayfield

Marina Evacuations; Prohibiting vessels under a specified weight from remaining in certain marinas that have been deemed unsuitable for refuge during a hurricane after the issuance of a hurricane watch; requiring a marina owner, operator, employee, or agent to remove specified vessels under certain circumstances; providing that such owner, operator, employee, or agent may charge the vessel owner a reasonable fee for such removal and may not be held liable for any damages as a result of such removal, etc.

Coverage for Cancer and Associated Conditions Drug Treatment; Prohibiting health maintenance organizations from excluding coverage for certain cancer treatment drugs; prohibiting health insurers and health maintenance organizations from requiring, before providing prescription drug coverage for the treatment of stage 4 metastatic cancer and associated conditions, that treatment have failed with a different drug; providing applicability, etc.

High-speed Passenger Rail Safety; Designating the “Florida High-Speed Passenger Rail Safety Act”; requiring the Department of Transportation to regulate railroad companies when that authority is not federally preempted; providing that certain railroad companies are responsible for ensuring that impacted roadbeds meet specified transition requirements under certain circumstances; requiring the department’s railroad inspectors, in accordance with a specified program, to meet certain certification requirements and to coordinate their activities with those of federal inspectors in this state in compliance with certain federal regulations, etc.

Biosolids Management; Prohibiting the Department of Environmental Protection from issuing or renewing certain permits after a specified date; prohibiting the land application of biosolids on certain sites after a specified date; authorizing municipalities and counties to enforce or extend certain ordinances, regulations, resolutions, rules, moratoriums, or policies regarding the land application of biosolids, etc.

Nicotine and Tobacco Products; Defining the term “electronic smoking device”; redefining the term “tobacco products”; revising exemptions to the prohibition of the sale or delivery of tobacco products; deleting a provision that allows the sale or delivery of tobacco products from a vending machine equipped with a certain device; prohibiting a dealer from selling flavored e-liquid; providing that certain statements and claims are presumptive evidence that e-liquid is flavored e-liquid, etc.

Florida Development Finance Corporation; Requiring the executive director of the Department of Economic Opportunity to serve as a member of the board of directors of the Florida Development Finance Corporation; requiring the department to develop performance standards for the corporation and to include certain information relating to the standards in the department’s annual report; providing for the electronic execution and delivery of certain documents executed by the corporation; prohibiting certain bonds, notes, and other forms of indebtedness from exceeding a specified amount of time, etc.

Florida National Estuary Program Act; Providing that partnering with the Federal Government and local governments to protect specified water resources is an important state interest; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to give funding consideration to the conservation and management of specified estuaries identified under the National Estuary Program; requiring that funds be used for specified projects, etc.