Sen. Lori Berman

Sampling of Beach Waters and Public Bathing Spaces; Requiring, rather than authorizing, the Department of Health to adopt and enforce certain rules; directing the department to require closure of beach waters and public bathing places under certain circumstances; requiring that such closures remain in effect for a specified period; preempting the issuance of certain health advisories for public bathing places to the state; specifying a timeframe within which the department must notify the municipality or county, the local office of the Department of Environmental Protection, and the local affiliates of national television networks of areas affected by a health advisory against swimming issued by the department, etc.

Limited Liability Companies; Specifying that certain limited liability companies are considered a nonresident under certain circumstances; providing for powers and prohibitions for protected series of series limited liability companies; authorizing domestic limited liability companies to establish protected series; providing specifications and requirements for the registered agent for a protected series; authorizing service on, and provision of notice and demand to, certain limited liability companies and protected series in a specified manner; requiring the Department of State to issue a certificate of status under certain circumstances, etc.

Outpatient Mental Health Services; Authorizing a court to order a respondent into outpatient treatment for a specified amount of time under certain circumstances; providing criteria for involuntary outpatient treatment; authorizing a certain court exercising original jurisdiction to order certain respondents into involuntary outpatient services, etc.

Tax Exemptions for Disabled Ex-servicemembers; Revising the amount of a certain exemption related to disabled ex-servicemembers, etc.

Cold Case Murders; Citing this act as the “Decker-Backmann Act”; requiring the heads of law enforcement agencies or their designees to review certain cold cases upon receiving a written application from a designated person; providing requirements for such reviews; requiring law enforcement agencies to provide specified training; requiring law enforcement agencies, by a specified date and periodically thereafter, to report certain data to the Global Forensic and Justice Center at Florida International University, etc.

Holocaust Remembrance Day; Requiring the Governor to annually proclaim a specified day as “Holocaust Remembrance Day”; authorizing “Holocaust Remembrance Day” to be observed in this state’s public schools and be observed by public exercise as the Governor may designate, etc.

Lethal Projectiles Over or Across Private Lands; Prohibiting a person from willfully and knowingly propelling any potentially lethal projectile over or across private lands without authorization, etc.

Protected Information of Sexual Offense Victims; Authorizing a sexual offense victim, or his or her legal representative, to make a written request to remove protected information that has been published or disseminated; requiring a person or an entity after receiving notice to remove protected information within a specified timeframe; authorizing a sexual offense victim, or his or her legal representative, to bring a civil action to enjoin the continued publication or dissemination or republication or redissemination of protected information under certain circumstances; authorizing a court to impose specified civil penalties, etc.

Caregiving Youth; Defining the terms “caregiving youth” and “household member”; creating the Florida Caregiving Youth Task Force within the Department of Health for a specified purpose; requiring the Department of Education to maintain and make available to school districts a comprehensive list of specified information; requiring each middle and high school to have a designated caregiving youth liaison; exempting caregiving youth from payment of certain tuition and fees under certain circumstances, etc.

Medicaid Eligibility for Young Adults; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with the Commission on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder, to conduct a study for a specified purpose; providing the duties of the agency upon completion of the study; requiring the agency to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.