Sen. Danny Burgess

Mortgage Payoff Letters; Revising the timeframe within which a mortgagee or mortgage servicer must send or cause to be sent an estoppel letter containing specified information; requiring notice to the mortgagor of a request for an estoppel letter under certain circumstances; requiring a mortgagee or mortgage servicer to provide a copy of a corrected estoppel letter to a mortgagor under certain circumstances; providing that a corrected estoppel letter supersedes any previous estoppel letter under certain circumstances; prohibiting payments received pursuant to an estoppel letter from being returned and requiring such payments to be promptly applied to any unpaid balance of the loan properly due under or secured by a mortgage, etc.

State Group Insurance Program; Ratifying specified rules relating to health maintenance organization plans regions established by rule by the Department of Management Services for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to s. 110.123(3)(h)2.d., F.S., which requires ratification of the rules in order for them to take effect; providing applicability, etc.

Private Investigative Services; Exempting Class “CG” license applicants from an application fee; providing application requirements for Class “CG” licenses; exempting licensed agencies from certain fees relating to license revisions; revising requirements relating to certain licensees carrying firearms; specifying that Class “CG” licenses remain in effect only while the applicant is employed as a Class “C” or Class “CC” licensee; specifying when the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services may take disciplinary action against Class “CG” licensees, etc.

Fetal and Infant Mortality Reduction; Revising the purpose and requirements for the Comprehensive Statewide Tobacco Education and Use Prevention Program; requiring the Department of Health to contract with local healthy start coalitions for the creation of fetal and infant mortality review committees in all regions of this state; prohibiting a physician from performing a termination of pregnancy if the physician determines the gestational age of a fetus is more than a specified number of weeks, with exceptions; requiring the directors of certain medical facilities and certain physicians to submit a certain report to the Agency for Health Care Administration monthly, etc. APPROPRIATION: $260,000

Motor Vehicle Insurance; Repealing provisions which comprise the Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law; revising the motor vehicle insurance coverages that an applicant must show to register certain vehicles with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; revising minimum coverage requirements for proof of financial responsibility for specified motor vehicles; revising requirements for motor vehicle liability insurance policies relating to coverage, and exclusion from coverage, for certain drivers and vehicles; revising coverages that may provide for a reduction in motor vehicle insurance policy premium charges under certain circumstances, etc. APPROPRIATION: $83,651

Domestic Surplus Lines Insurers; Providing that specified nonadmitted insurers are eligible to transact insurance as domestic surplus lines insurers under certain circumstances; requiring domestic surplus lines insurers to maintain a minimum surplus amount; authorizing domestic surplus lines insurers to write only surplus lines insurance under a specified circumstance; prohibiting such insurers from simultaneously holding any certificate of authority to operate as admitted insurers; providing exemptions from specified requirements for surplus lines insurance policies issued by such insurers, etc.

Telecommunicator Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Requiring certain 911 public safety telecommunicators to receive ongoing telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation training; authorizing public safety agencies and certain other agencies to enter into reciprocal agreements to provide telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation under certain circumstances; providing requirements for certain employees who answer emergency medical service calls, etc.

Workers’ Compensation Benefits for First Responders; Providing that the time for specified notice in certain cases of compensable posttraumatic stress disorder is measured from the time of the qualifying event or the diagnosis of the disorder, rather than the manifestation of the disorder, whichever is later, etc.

State Symbols; Designating strawberry shortcake as the official state dessert, etc.

Administration of Vaccines; Specifying training requirements for registered pharmacy technicians seeking to administer certain vaccines; authorizing certified registered pharmacy technicians to administer specified immunizations and vaccines under certain circumstances; revising the specified immunizations and vaccines that certified pharmacists, registered interns, and registered pharmacy technicians may administer; specifying certification requirements for registered pharmacy technicians seeking to administer immunizations and vaccines, etc.