Sen. Vic Torres

Driver Licenses and Identification Cards; Requiring proof of a specified identification number for certain applicants for a driver license; authorizing additional specified documents issued by foreign governments to satisfy proof-of-identity requirements; prohibiting the department from waiving certain tests for applicants who provide proof of identity using specified foreign documents; prohibiting the department from disclosing or making accessible certain photographs and related information to any agency that primarily enforces immigration law or to any employee or agent of such agency, etc.

Optional Payments for Medical Assistance and Related Services; Extending Medicaid eligibility to specified adults, etc.

Health Care Provider Accountability; Providing criminal and civil immunity to health care workers of hospitals and nursing home facilities, respectively, who carry out directives of a supervising health care practitioner or entity; providing an exception; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide a report on the success of the personal care attendant program to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date each year; providing requirements for the report; requiring the agency to add a quality metric to its Quality Incentive Program for a specified purpose, etc.

Limited English-proficient Voter Assistance; Requiring a supervisor of elections or a political subdivision that administers an election to provide certain language-related assistance to a limited English-proficient voter under certain circumstances; requiring such supervisor of elections or political subdivision to provide election materials of a certain quality in a covered language; authorizing the use of automatic translation services under certain circumstances; requiring a supervisor of elections to operate and provide public notice of a language assistance hotline, etc.

Fines Levied by Homeowners’ Associations; Prohibiting fines imposed by homeowners’ associations from exceeding $500 in the aggregate unless otherwise provided in the governing documents; providing that a fine of less than that amount may not become a lien against a parcel, etc.

Sentencing Calculations; Providing that sentence points expire after a specified period and cannot be used in calculations; authorizing individuals to petition for new sentencing calculations due to changes in the law in certain circumstances, etc.

Denial of Health Care Services; Creating the "Health Care Transparency and Accessibility Act"; requiring a covered entity to adopt a policy relating to providing notice of its refused services by a specified date; requiring a covered entity to submit a complete list of refused services to the Department of Health by a specified date; requiring a covered entity to submit the list, along with its application, if applying for certain state grants or contracts, etc.

Department of Labor; Creating the Department of Labor as a new department of state government; revising the protected rights of an employee; revising the process for filing a complaint for a violation of protected rights; authorizing and providing the department certain powers to conduct investigations, issue citations, enforce and collect judgments by certain means, and partner with other entities for enforcement and education outreach, etc.

Human Trafficking; Revising definitions and defining terms; revising criminal penalties to include fines of certain amounts for violations of specified offenses; requiring the Department of Education and Department of Health, in conjunction with the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking, to establish an awareness training program and community partnership on human trafficking, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and child trafficking; requiring each state attorney to ensure prosecutors receive certain mandatory semiannual educational training, etc.

Housing; Citing this act as the "Keep Floridians Housed Act"; creating the Department of Housing and Tenant Rights as a new department of state government; removing the option for a landlord to deposit certain money into a non-interest-bearing account; prohibiting a landlord from engaging in certain conduct; prohibiting a landlord from evicting a tenant or terminating a rental agreement because the tenant or the tenant’s minor child is a victim of actual or threatened domestic violence, dating violence, sexual violence, or stalking; authorizing local governments and special districts to adopt a specified impact fee, etc.