Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez

Designation of Eligible Telecommunications Carriers; Revising the definition of the term “eligible telecommunications carrier” to include certain commercial mobile radio service providers; authorizing the Public Service Commission to designate a commercial mobile radio service provider as an eligible telecommunications carrier for the purpose of providing Lifeline service, etc.

Prescription Drugs; Citing this act as the "Prescription Drug Reform Act"; specifying additional prohibited acts related to the Florida Drug and Cosmetic Act; requiring certain drug manufacturers to notify the Department of Business and Professional Regulation of reportable drug price increases on a specified form on the effective date of such increase; requiring the Division of Consumer Services of the Department of Financial Services to designate an employee as the primary contact for consumer complaints involving pharmacy benefit managers; providing a grandfathering provision for certain pharmacy benefit managers operating as administrators; requiring pharmacy benefits plans and programs, beginning on a specified date, to annually submit a certain attestation to the Office of Insurance Regulation, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,127,525

Department of Health; Prohibiting certain research in this state relating to enhanced potential pandemic pathogens; prohibiting medical marijuana treatment centers from producing marijuana products that are attractive to children or manufactured in specified manners; requiring local registrars to electronically file all live birth, death, and fetal death records in their respective jurisdictions in the department’s electronic registration system; revising the types of health care practitioners who may make certain determinations of death; extending the timeframe for the confidentiality of certain birth records; requiring that hearing aids provided to persons younger than 18 years of age be prescription hearing aids and not over-the-counter hearing aids, etc.

Florida Kidcare Program Eligibility; Increasing the income eligibility threshold for coverage under the Medikids program component; increasing the income eligibility threshold for coverage under the Florida Kidcare program; requiring an applicant seeking coverage under the program to provide certain documentation if eligibility cannot be verified using reliable data sources; requiring that premiums for certain enrollees under the Florida Kidcare program be based on a tiered system of uniform premiums, etc.

Expunction of Criminal History Records; Revising an eligibility criterion under which a person is eligible to petition a court to expunge a criminal history record if an indictment, information, or other charging document was dismissed by a court; expanding an exception to an eligibility requirement for expunction of a criminal history record to allow a prior expunction of a criminal history record granted for an offense committed when the person was a minor, etc.

Homeowners’ Associations; Citing this act as the “Homeowners' Associations Bill of Rights”; requiring that notices for board meetings specifically identify agenda items; requiring an association to maintain designated addresses as official records; providing civil penalties for certain actions by officers, directors, or managers of an association; revising the circumstances under which a director or an officer must be removed from office after being charged by information or indictment; restricting certain attorney fees and fines; specifying the types of violations for which an association may levy fines, etc.

Limitation of Actions Involving Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies; Defining terms; specifying statutes of limitations periods for certain actions involving real estate appraisers and appraisal management companies, etc.

Assault or Battery on Hospital Personnel; Providing enhanced criminal penalties for persons who knowingly commit assault or battery upon hospital personnel, etc.

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

Venomous Reptiles; Revising the penalty for certain release or escape of nonnative venomous reptiles; providing a penalty for specified activities involving venomous reptiles without a special permit or license issued by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, etc.