Sen. Lauren Book

Emergency Preparedness; Requiring the Department of Law Enforcement, in consultation with law enforcement agencies throughout the state, to establish a uniform statewide rule on preparing for and responding to active assailant situations; requiring certain district school boards to develop and execute specified interlocal agreements with certain law enforcement agencies, local fire departments, and local emergency medical services organizations for specified purposes, etc.

Bill Affecting Access to Abortion Services/Passage of Bills; Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to provide that neither house of the Legislature may vote on a bill that would affect access to abortion services unless at least half of the members of that house are women, etc.

Amusement Rides; Requiring amusement ride managers to meet certain requirements; revising standards for rules adopted by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services relating to amusement rides; removing the exemption from safety standards for certain museums and institutions; revising inspection standards for amusement rides, etc.

Holocaust Education; Including the study of a specified policy against anti-Semitism in specified instruction; requiring each school district to annually certify and provide evidence to the Department of Education that certain instructional requirements have been met; authorizing the department to work with a certain task force and other entities for specified purposes, etc.

Homelessness; Expanding the membership of the Council on Homelessness to include a representative of the Florida Housing Coalition and the Secretary of the Department of Elderly Affairs or his or her designee; increasing the maximum amount of grant awards per continuum of care lead agency; specifying the purposes of a continuum of care; requiring each continuum of care, pursuant to federal law, to designate a collaborative applicant that is responsible for submitting the continuum of care funding application for the designated catchment area to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, etc.

Broward Health/Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School; Commending the trauma care teams at Broward Health Medical Center and Broward Health North for their heroic response to the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and recognizing Broward Health for its commitment to promoting preparedness for mass casualty incidents, etc.

Prescription Drug Donation Repository Program; Designating the “Prescription Drug Donation Repository Program Act”; creating the program within the Department of Health; prohibiting donations to specific patients; requiring inspection of donated prescription drugs and supplies by a licensed pharmacist; prohibiting the sale of donated prescription drugs and supplies under the program; requiring the department or contractor to establish, maintain, and publish a registry of participating local repositories and available donated prescription drugs and supplies; authorizing the Governor to waive program patient eligibility requirements during a declared state of emergency, etc.

Treatment of Sexual Assault Victims; Requiring certain licensed facilities to provide to victims of sexual assault information regarding emergency contraception and its availability, if requested, etc.