Sen. David Simmons

First Responder Property Tax Exemption; Revising the definition of the term “first responder” for purposes of eligibility for the tax exemption to include a law enforcement officer or firefighter who, before becoming a resident of this state, sustained a total and permanent disability in the line of duty while serving as a full-time paid law enforcement officer or firefighter in another state; defining the term “law enforcement officer," etc.

Medicaid Provider Agreements for Charter and Private Schools; Revising qualification requirements for health care practitioners engaged by charter and private schools to provide Medicaid school-based services, etc.

Cancer Clinical Trials; Requiring cancer clinical trial programs to inform prospective patient subjects of specified reimbursements for ancillary and travel expenses which may be available to them and their caregivers if they participate in a cancer clinical trial; authorizing corporations, individuals, public and private foundations, health care providers, and other stakeholders to offer financial assistance to support approved reimbursements of ancillary and travel expenses for patient subjects in a cancer clinical trial and their caregivers, etc.

Fees/Tobacco Products Dealer Permits; Requiring all applications for retail tobacco products dealer permits to be accompanied by an annual permit fee, etc.

Everglades Protection Area; Requiring comprehensive plans and plan amendments adopted by the governing bodies of local governments whose boundaries include any portion of the Everglades Protection Area to follow the state coordinated review process; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to make certain determinations for such plans and amendments, to provide written notice of its determination to the local governments within a specified timeframe, and to coordinate with the local governments on certain mitigation measures, etc.

Domestic Violence; Requiring a court to order a defendant arrested for an act of domestic violence not to possess firearms or ammunition as a condition of bail under certain circumstances; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement, upon receipt of a request for a criminal history record check, to review available records to determine if a potential firearm buyer or transferee has been charged with a crime of domestic violence or has an outstanding warrant issued for an act of domestic violence and is prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition, etc.

Controlled Substances; Revising age limitations relating to the use and hire of certain persons and the delivery of controlled substances to certain persons; providing for the reclassification of criminal penalties relating to the sale of controlled substances to certain persons; expanding the definition of the term “drug paraphernalia”, etc.

Use of Tobacco Products and Nicotine Products; Requiring permits to be issued to persons or corporations whose officers are not less than 21 years of age; specifying that fees for a retail tobacco products dealer permit only apply to retailers dealing in certain tobacco products; revising prohibitions on the sale of tobacco products from vending machines; prohibiting a person from selling, delivering, bartering, furnishing, or giving flavored liquid nicotine products to any other person, etc.

Funds for the Operation of Schools; Revising the annual allocation to school districts to include an additional calculation of full-time equivalent membership for students who earn a College Board Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma, etc.

Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims; Specifying the salaries of full-time judges of compensation claims and the Deputy Chief Judge of Compensation Claims, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,114,087