Sen. Gayle Harrell

Specialty License Plates; Providing that a certain discontinuation requirement for specialty license plates does not apply to collegiate license plates; providing that collegiate license plates are not subject to specified presale requirements for specialty license plates; authorizing certain entities to resubmit discontinued collegiate license plates for reauthorization by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; revising the distribution of proceeds for the Live The Dream license plate; directing the department to develop certain specialty license plates, etc.

Supported Decisionmaking Authority; Requiring a circuit court to consider certain needs and abilities of a person with a developmental disability when determining whether to appoint a guardian advocate; defining the term “supported decisionmaking agreement”; prohibiting such agreement from acting as a durable power of attorney; requiring a petition to determine incapacity of a person to include specified information relating to the alleged incapacitated person’s use of assistance, etc.

Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program; Establishing the Dozier School for Boys and Okeechobee School Victim Compensation Program within the Department of Legal Affairs; requiring the department to accept and process applications for the payment of compensation claims under the program; requiring the department to provide specified notice of the program; requiring the department, subject to the appropriation of funds for that purpose, to pay a specified compensation amount to approved applicants, etc. APPROPRIATION: $20,000,000

Coverage for Skin Cancer Screenings; Requiring the Department of Management Services to provide coverage and payment through state employee group health insurance contracts for certain annual skin cancer screenings, without imposing a cost-sharing requirement; specifying a requirement for and a restriction on payments for such screenings, etc.

Substance Abuse Treatment; Providing the levels of care at certified recovery residences and their respective levels of care for residents; defining the term “community housing”; extending the deadline for certified recovery residences to retain a replacement for a certified recovery residence administrator who has been removed from his or her position; authorizing certain Level IV certified recovery residences owned or controlled by a licensed service provider and managed by a certified recovery residence administrator approved for a specified number of residents to manage a specified greater number of residents, provided that certain criteria are met, etc.

Celebrating Jimmy Buffett; Commending and celebrating the life and contributions of musician, environmentalist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Jimmy Buffett, etc.

Support for the State of Israel; Expressing support for the State of Israel and condemning the attacks and hateful actions by the Hamas terrorist group, etc.

Health Care Practitioner Titles and Designations; Providing that, for specified purposes, the use of specified titles or designations in connection with one’s name constitutes the practice of medicine or the practice of osteopathic medicine; revising grounds for disciplinary action relating to a practitioner’s use of such titles or designations in identifying himself or herself to patients or in advertisements for health care services; requiring certain health care practitioners to prominently display a copy of their license in a conspicuous area of their practice, etc.

Substance Abuse Services; Revising application requirements for licensure as a substance abuse service provider; requiring the Department of Children and Families to establish, by a specified date, a mechanism to impose and collect fines for certain violations of law; revising credentialing requirements for recovery residences; prohibiting service providers from referring patients to, or accepting referrals from, specified recovery residences, etc.

Blood Clot and Pulmonary Embolism Policy Workgroup; Citing this act as the “Emily Adkins Prevention Act”; requiring the Secretary of Health Care Administration, in conjunction with the State Surgeon General, to establish a blood clot and pulmonary embolism policy workgroup; requiring the secretary to submit a final report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date, etc.