Damages Recoverable by Parents of an Adult Child in Medical Negligence Actions; Deleting a provision prohibiting parents of an adult child from recovering damages for mental pain and suffering in a medical negligence suit, etc.
Coverage for Hearing Aids for Children; Requiring certain individual health insurance policies to provide coverage for hearing aids for certain children 18 years of age or younger under certain circumstances; requiring certain individual health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for hearing aids for certain children 18 years of age or younger under certain circumstances; specifying certain coverage requirements; providing an exception, etc.
Removing Memorializations of the Confederate States of America; Deleting provisions prohibiting specified improper uses or mutilation of the flag or emblem of the Confederate States of America; repealing a provision relating to the mutilation of, or disrespect for, Confederate flags or replicas thereof; removing the designations of the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis and Confederate Memorial Day as legal holidays, etc.
Child Welfare; Specifying circumstances under which a court is required or authorized, on or after a specified date, to appoint a guardian ad litem in certain proceedings; renaming the Guardian Ad Litem Qualifications Committee as the Child Well-Being Qualifications Committee; requiring the Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office to develop guidelines to identify conflicts of interest of guardians ad litem; creating the Statewide Office of Child Representation within the Justice Administrative Commission; specifying when the court is required or authorized to appoint an attorney for the child, etc.
Town of Davie; Congratulating the Town of Davie on its induction into the National Park Service Certified Local Government Program, etc.
Community Violence Intervention and Prevention; Establishing the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program within the Department of Children and Families; providing for the awarding of grants, subject to legislative appropriation; requiring the department to prioritize certain applicants; prohibiting the department from requiring grant recipients to participate in certain activities as a condition of the grant; prohibiting grant funds from reverting to the general budget of specified entities, etc.
Education; Repealing a requirement that the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors, respectively, require each Florida College System (FCS) institution and state university to conduct an annual assessment of intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity; repealing a prohibition on FCS institutions and state universities shielding students, faculty, or staff from expressive activities; repealing provisions authorizing a student to record certain video or audio, etc.
Racing Motor Vehicles; Revising prohibitions on persons driving motor vehicles in any race, speed competition or contest, drag race or acceleration contest, test of physical endurance, or exhibition of speed, a stunt, agility, or acceleration or for other specified purposes on any highway, roadway, or parking lot; prohibiting a person from coordinating via social media any such race, competition, contest, test, or exhibition; prohibiting a person from operating a vehicle for the purpose of filming or recording activities of participants in any such race, competition, contest, test, or exhibition, etc.
Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan; Prohibiting the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association from holding itself out as such; requiring the plan to provide specified additional annual payments to parents or legal guardians of children covered under the plan; requiring that awards include specified payments for legal costs associated with establishing a guardianship for a child under the plan who is 18 years of age or older; requiring the plan to make certain retroactive payments to eligible parents or guardians, etc.
Courtroom Animal Advocates; Providing for appointment of an advocate for the interests of an animal in certain court proceedings, at the discretion of the court; requiring the Animal Law Section of The Florida Bar to maintain a list of attorneys and certified legal interns meeting specified requirements who are eligible to be appointed as such advocates, etc.
