Sen. Alexis Calatayud

Central Service Technician Services; Defining the terms “central service technician” and “health care practitioner”; authorizing licensed hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to employ or otherwise retain the services of a central service technician only if he or she meets specified criteria; requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to, upon the written request of a central service technician, verify in writing the technician’s dates of employment or contract period with the facility, etc.

School Readiness Program; Revising requirements for the sliding fee scale for families receiving school readiness program services to include a new method to calculate parent copayments at the time of eligibility determination and annually thereafter, regardless of the number of children; revising requirements for the data elements that must be collected and reported by the Department of Education; revising the method for determining the annual allocation for the school readiness program; deleting a provision relating to certain expenditures from the Gold Seal Quality Care Program allocation, etc.

Behavioral Health; Requiring a law enforcement officer to provide a parent or legal guardian of a minor being transported to certain facilities with specified facility information; requiring a specified mental health facility to have a waiting area for minors which is physically separate from any adult waiting area; defining the term “mobile response team”; requiring a 911 public safety answering point to dispatch a mobile response team as the primary responder under certain circumstances, etc.

Deregulation of Public Schools/Instructional, Administrative, and Support Personnel; Requiring innovation schools of technology to comply with specified provisions of law relating to instructional multiyear contracts for instructional personnel in addition to annual contracts; requiring newly hired prekindergarten instructors to complete specified training within a specified timeframe; requiring the State Board of Education to develop written strategies to address critical teacher shortages; revising requirements for school bus drivers; revising requirements for individuals to participate in the Teacher Apprenticeship Program; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules to provide for the transition to or renewal of a 10-year professional certificate in certain situations, etc.

Traffic Enforcement; Prohibiting contracts awarded by certain entities outside this state from being used to procure contracts with manufacturers or vendors of camera systems used for traffic enforcement; prohibiting a governmental entity from knowingly entering into or renewing certain contracts for camera systems used for traffic enforcement; requiring certain counties or municipalities to enact an ordinance to authorize placement or installation of traffic infraction detectors, etc.

Coverage for Biomarker Testing; Requiring the Department of Management Services to provide coverage of biomarker testing for specified purposes for state employees’ state group health insurance plan policies issued on or after a specified date; requiring state group health insurance plans to provide enrollees and participating providers with a clear and convenient process for authorization requests for biomarker testing; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to pay for biomarker testing under the Medicaid program for specified purposes, subject to specific appropriations; requiring that Medicaid recipients and participating providers be provided a clear and convenient process for authorization requests for biomarker testing, etc.

Debt Relief Services; Providing an exception from specified provisions for telemarketers and sellers who provide debt relief services under certain circumstances, etc.

HIV Infection Prevention Drugs; Authorizing pharmacists to screen adults for HIV exposure and provide the results to such adults, with advice to seek consultation or treatment from a physician; authorizing pharmacists to dispense HIV preexposure prophylaxis drugs only pursuant to a prescription; specifying requirements for the practice agreements; requiring pharmacists who enter into such practice agreements to submit the agreements to the Board of Pharmacy; requiring that pharmacists, before ordering and dispensing HIV postexposure prophylaxis drugs, be certified by the Board of Pharmacy in accordance with rules adopted by the board and approved by the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, etc.

Department of Environmental Protection; Revising the aquatic preserves within which a person may not operate a vessel outside a lawfully marked channel under certain circumstances; defining the term “Florida Flood Hub”; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct enforcement activities for violations of certain onsite sewage treatment and disposal system regulations in accordance with specified provisions; requiring certain facilities and systems to include a domestic wastewater treatment plan as part of a basin management action plan for nutrient total maximum daily loads, etc.

School Safety; Providing that sheriffs are responsible for screening-related costs for school guardian programs; authorizing sheriffs to waive training and screening-related costs for a private school for a school guardian program; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to maintain a list of school guardians and provide the list to any School Safety Specialist upon request; providing requirements for the list; requiring each sheriff to report on a quarterly basis to the Department of Law Enforcement the schedule for school guardian trainings, etc.