Florida Building Code; Prohibiting certain regulations relating to building design elements from being applied to certain dwellings; authorizing fee owners or fee owners’ contractors to select private providers to provide inspection services for onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems if certain requirements are met; prohibiting the Department of Health from requiring that pools serving assisted living facilities be compliant with rules relating to swimming pool lifeguards; authorizing a substantially affected person to file a petition with the Florida Building Commission to review certain local government regulations, laws, ordinances, policies, amendments, or land use or zoning provisions; prohibiting a local government from requiring certain contracts for the application for or issuance of a building permit, etc.
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Contractor Advertising; Providing that alarm system contractors are not required to state their certification and registration numbers in or on certain advertisements if the contractor maintains an Internet website that displays such information and the advertisement directs consumers to the website; authorizing a contractor to begin repairing certain fire alarm systems after filing an application for a required permit but before receiving the permit, etc.
Controlled Substances; Removing from Schedule V certain drug products in finished dosage formulation which have been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, etc.
Increasing Access to Mental Health Care; Requiring the Department of Financial Services to submit a specified report to the Governor and Legislature by a specified date; specifying the minimum information the report must contain; requiring the department to make certain information available on its website; requiring insurers and health maintenance organizations, respectively, to disclose specified information on their websites; requiring insurers and health maintenance organizations, respectively, to annually provide certain direct notices to insureds or subscribers, etc.