Sen. Clay Yarborough

Litigation Financing Consumer Protection; Requiring litigation financiers to register with the Department of State before engaging in litigation financing in this state; requiring litigation financiers to file a surety bond meeting specified requirements; providing requirements for litigation financing contracts; prohibiting litigation financiers from engaging in specified conduct; providing requirements for litigation financiers to assess specified interest, fees, and charges, etc.

Compulsive and Addictive Gambling Prevention; Providing legislative intent and purpose; establishing the Compulsive and Addictive Gambling Prevention Program within the Florida Gaming Control Commission; requiring the commission to ensure that gaming facilities participate in the program by taking certain actions; authorizing the commission to allocate funding for the program from a specified source; requiring the Department of the Lottery to deposit a certain percentage of specified funds into a certain trust fund for the purpose of the program, etc.

Declarations of a Public Health Emergency; Providing that the administration of vaccines is not included within the meaning of the terms “treat,” “treated,” or “treatment” as they relate to public health emergencies; revising provisions related to the expiration and renewal of declarations of a public health emergency; authorizing an individual to refuse examination, testing, or treatment under a State Health Officer’s order during a public health emergency by submitting a written refusal to the State Health Officer, etc.

Sales Tax Exemption for Renewable Natural Gas Machinery and Equipment; Providing a sales tax exemption for the purchase of certain machinery and equipment relating to renewable natural gas; requiring purchasers of such machinery and equipment to furnish the vendor with a certain affidavit; providing an exception; providing penalties, including a criminal penalty, etc.

Medicaid Coverage of Home Health Care Services; Authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to pay for private duty nursing services and attendant care nursing services provided to Medicaid recipients under certain circumstances; exempting certain home health agencies from Medicare Conditions of Participation requirements and equivalent accreditation requirements, etc.

Dentistry; Deleting the role of the Board of Dentistry in the administration of the licensure examination for dentists; deleting the requirement for the board to establish an examination fee; revising requirements for licensure as a dentist; deleting a requirement that certain applicants for licensure engage in the full-time practice of dentistry inside the geographic boundaries of this state for 1 year after licensure; revising continuing education requirements for dentists, etc.

Continuing Care Contracts; Revising a requirement for specified information that must be submitted by a provider applying for expansion of a certificated continuing care facility; revising financial institutions in which escrow accounts must be established; revising the timeframe during which the office may exempt certain providers from certain regulatory actions; providing that certain documents relating to a provider’s debt service reserve must require certain notice to the office before the withdrawal of debt service reserve funds; specifying the authority of residents’ councils and the eligibility of persons to participate in residents’ council matters, etc.

Ethics Requirements for Officers and Employees of Special Tax Districts; Specifying that certain conduct by certain public officers and employees is deemed a conflict of interest; requiring certain ethics training for elected local officers of independent special districts, beginning on a specified date, etc.

Child Protection in Public Schools; Defining the term “sex”; prohibiting an employee, contractor, or student of a public school from being required to refer to a person using personal titles or pronouns that do not correspond with that person’s sex; prohibiting classroom instruction by school personnel on sexual orientation or gender identity until grade 9; providing that such prohibition applies to charter schools; providing that materials used to teach reproductive health or any disease as part of certain courses must be approved by the Department of Education; requiring district school boards to adopt and publish a specified process relating to student access to certain materials, etc.

Telephone Solicitation; Prohibiting certain telephonic sales calls; providing conditions under which civil actions may be brought for text message solicitations, etc.