Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Requiring that the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders be taught in the public schools; requiring that instructional materials used in teaching this subject area include specified information, etc.
911 Public Safety Telecommunicators; Revising the definition of the term “first responder” to include 911 public safety telecommunicators, for purposes of applying special provisions relating to employment-related accidents and injuries to 911 public safety telecommunicators; revising the definition of the term “public safety telecommunication training program,” to increase the number of hours of required training and specify the nature of the additional training; specifying circumstances under which 911 public safety telecommunicators are considered to be acting within the scope of their employment so as to qualify for workers’ compensation benefits, etc.
Specialty License Plates; Renaming the “Give the Kids the World” specialty license plate as the “Universal Orlando Resort” specialty license plate; directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to develop a Recycle Florida license plate and a Florida Association of Realtors license plate; providing for distribution and use of fees collected from the sale of the plates, etc.
Health Care Provider Accountability; Providing criminal and civil immunity to health care workers of hospitals and nursing home facilities, respectively, who carry out directives of a supervising health care practitioner or entity; providing an exception; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide a report on the success of the personal care attendant program to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date each year; providing requirements for the report; requiring the agency to add a quality metric to its Quality Incentive Program for a specified purpose, etc.
Release of Balloons; Removing a provision authorizing the specified release of certain balloons; removing an exemption from such provision for biodegradable or photodegradable balloons, etc.
Biomarker Testing; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to pay for biomarker testing under the state Medicaid program for specified purposes; beginning on a specified date, requiring individual health insurance policies; group, blanket, and franchise health insurance policies; and health maintenance contracts, respectively, to provide coverage for biomarker testing under certain circumstances; requiring insurers and health maintenance organizations, as applicable, to provide a clear, readily accessible, and convenient process on their websites for requesting exceptions to policy or contract terms, as applicable, and for appealing certain adverse utilization review determinations, etc.
Public Lodging and Food Service Establishments; Requiring an applicant for a vacation rental license to provide the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation with certain information; revising penalties for an operator who fails, neglects, or refuses to obtain a license or pay the required license fee, etc.
9/11 Heroes Day; Requiring the Governor to proclaim September 11 of each year as “9/11 Heroes Day”; requiring that the day be observed in public schools and by public exercise; requiring certain middle and high school students to receive specified instruction; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt certain revised social studies standards, etc.
Special Risk Class Retirement Date; Revising the definition of “normal retirement date”; decreasing the age and years of service needed to reach the normal retirement date for certain members; authorizing certain members of the Special Risk Class to apply to participate in the Deferred Retirement Option Program within a specified time period; providing a declaration of important state interest, etc.
Assistant State Attorney and Assistant Public Defender Student Loan Repayment Program; Establishing the program within the Department of Education for assistant state attorneys and assistant public defenders; providing procedures for payments; requiring payments to be contingent upon proof of eligibility and annual recertification through an annual certification affidavit; requiring the department to reduce payments for all program participants by a proportional amount if appropriated funds are insufficient to provide maximum payment for all program participants’ loans, etc.
