Sen. Rosalind Osgood

Individuals with Disabilities; Revising provisions related to programs and services provided by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; requiring the agency, within available resources, to offer voluntary participation care navigation services to clients and their caregivers at specified times; requiring the agency to develop and implement an online application process; revising which types of clients are eligible for an individual support plan; clarifying the timeframe within which a family or individual support plan must be developed, etc. APPROPRIATION: $38,852,223

Sale of Rabbits; Prohibiting the sale of rabbits in specified locations and during specified months; specifying unlawful acts relating to the sale, offering for sale, and the giving away as merchandising premiums of certain rabbits; requiring local authorities to retrieve, return, and place abandoned rabbits in a specified manner; providing criminal penalties, etc.

Access to Contraception; Designating the “Right to Contraception Act”; providing definitions; authorizing a person to obtain contraceptives and engage in contraception; authorizing a health care provider to provide contraceptives, contraception, and contraception-related information; providing requirements for a defense to certain violations; authorizing the Attorney General, a person, or an entity to bring enforcement actions under certain circumstances, etc.

Reduction in Black Female and Women’s Maternal Mortality Grant Program; Establishing the Reduction In Black Female and Women’s Maternal Mortality Grant Program within the Department of Health; providing the purpose of the program; authorizing certain nonprofit organizations to apply for a grant through the program; authorizing the department to provide grants to such organizations for specified purposes, subject to legislative appropriation, etc. APPROPRIATION: $5,000,000

Human Trafficking; Revising the definition of the term “coercion”; authorizing the prosecution of specified offenses under the Florida RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization) Act; 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 the court to order restitution upon a defendant’s conviction for specified offenses, etc.

Solutions for Mental Health Professional Shortages; Establishing a mental health profession scholarship and loan forgiveness program within the Department of Health for a specified purpose; providing for applicant eligibility and the award of scholarships; specifying service obligations for scholarship recipients; providing for applicant eligibility and the award of loan repayments, etc.

Psychiatric Treatments; Defining the terms “electroconvulsive treatment” and “psychosurgical procedure”; providing that only a physician may perform electroconvulsive treatment and psychosurgical procedures; prohibiting the performance of electroconvulsive treatment and psychosurgical procedures on minors, etc.

State-certified Doulas; Prohibiting persons from using the title “state-certified doula” unless certified under specified provisions; specifying requirements for certification of doulas; prohibiting entities from holding themselves out as providing specified training and education unless approved by the Department of Health for such purpose; requiring the department to maintain a public registry of doulas certified to practice in this state, etc.

Landlords and Tenants; Limiting rent increases of certain residential tenancies to a specified amount and frequency; requiring certain landlords to provide functioning facilities for air-conditioning; revising the required notice to a tenant before a landlord can terminate a rental agreement; authorizing a landlord to terminate a rental agreement or bring an action for noncompliance even if a tenant provides partial payment of past due rent under certain circumstances, etc.

Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote; Providing for enactment of the agreement; providing a method by which a state may become a member state; requiring each member state to conduct a statewide popular election for President and Vice President of the United States; establishing a procedure for appointing presidential electors in member states; providing that the agreement becomes effective under specified circumstances, etc.