Sen. Gayle Harrell

Maddy summarySB 512 revises packaging and labeling requirements for medical marijuana edibles sold in the state. It directly affects medical marijuana producers and dispensaries that manufacture or sell edible products like gummies or chocolates. The bill mandates clearer labeling of ingredients, potency (e.g., milligrams of THC), and child-resistant packaging to improve consumer safety and transparency. These changes aim to standardize information provided to patients using medical marijuana products.

Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; Creating the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists; specifying requirements that states must meet to join and participate in the compact; providing for recognition of school psychologist licenses in member states; specifying criteria that a school psychologist must satisfy to practice with an equivalent license in remote states under the compact; establishing the Interstate Compact for School Psychologists Commission, etc.

Electric Vehicle Battery Management; Citing this act as the “Promoting Responsible End-of-Life Management for Electric Vehicle Batteries Act”; providing requirements for the end-of-life of propulsion batteries; prohibiting disposal of specified batteries by landfilling, etc.

Collaborative Pharmacy Practice for Chronic Health Conditions; Revising the definition of the term “chronic health condition” to exclude specified heart conditions for purposes of collaborative pharmacy practice for chronic health conditions, etc.

Health Insurance Claims; Prohibiting a contract between a health insurer and a physician from containing certain restrictions on payment methods; requiring a health insurer to make certain notifications and obtain a physician’s consent before paying a claim to the physician through electronic funds transfer; prohibiting a health insurer from charging a fee to transmit a payment to a physician through Automated Clearing House (ACH) transfer unless the physician has consented to such fee; prohibiting a health insurer from denying a certain claims submitted by a physician, etc.

Medical Review Committees; Revising the definition of the term “medical review committee”; revising provisions related to discovery and evidence in civil and administrative actions to conform to changes made by the act, etc.

Self-storage Spaces; Revising the notice requirements of owners of self-storage units in order to enforce a lien on a tenant’s property; revising the notice requirements for such owners who wish to sell such tenant’s property; requiring that rental agreements for renters of self-storage units which are entered into on or after a specified date provide certain information in compliance with the Florida Self-storage Facility Act; providing that failure or refusal of a tenant to designate an alternate contact does not affect a tenant’s or an owner’s rights or remedies, etc.

Dense Breast Tissue Screenings; Providing that certain patients may receive an ultrasound or other additional screening tests without first having a conventional mammogram, etc.

Social Work Licensure Compact; Creating the Social Work Licensure Compact; providing a purpose and objectives of the compact; specifying requirements for state participation in the compact; requiring member states to designate the categories of social work licensure which are eligible for issuance of a multistate license in such states; specifying criteria licensed social workers must meet to be issued a multistate license under the compact; providing for implementation of, withdrawal from, and amendment to the compact; exempting social workers practicing under the compact from certain licensure requirements; authorizing certain disciplinary action under the compact for specified prohibited acts, etc.

Cybersecurity; Exempting the state chief technology officer from the Career Service System; requiring the Florida Digital Service to support state agencies with the use of electronic credentials in compliance with specified standards; revising the standards and processes for assessing state agency cybersecurity risks of the Department of Management Services, acting through the Florida Digital Service; requiring the Cybersecurity Operations Center to notify immediately the state chief information officer and the state chief information security officer of a reported incident, etc.