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
Sponsored bills
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.
Private Instructional Personnel; Revising the definition of the term “private instructional personnel” to include registered behavioral technicians employed by certain providers, etc.
Dental Services for Indigent Veterans; Establishing the Veterans Dental Care Grant Program within the Department of Veterans’ Affairs; requiring the department to contract with a direct-support organization to administer the program; requiring the department to use a specified standard for determining indigency, 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.
Chiefs of Police; Providing rights of chiefs of police; requiring an aggrieved chief of police to provide his or her employing agency with a certain written notice within a specified timeframe; requiring an employing agency to cure an alleged violation within a specified timeframe, etc.
Liens and Bonds; Requiring the clerk of the court to serve a copy of a notice of contest of claim on certain persons after it has been recorded; requiring service of documents to be made in a specified manner; revising the process for notarizing a notice of commencement; requiring the clerk to serve a copy of a notice of contest of lien on certain persons after it has been recorded; revising the amount required in addition to the deposit or bond which applies toward attorney fees and court costs, etc.
Facility Requirements Based on Sex; Creating the “Safety in Private Spaces Act”; requiring certain entities that maintain water closets or changing facilities to meet specified requirements; authorizing persons to enter a restroom or changing facility designated for the opposite sex only under certain circumstances; providing that specified persons who enter certain restrooms or changing facilities and refuse to depart when asked to do so commit the criminal offense of trespass, etc.
Postsecondary Educational Institutions; Requiring the Board of Governors of the State University System to establish a Committee on Public Policy Events; requiring offices to report to specified state university offices; prohibiting public institutions of higher education from requiring the completion of a political loyalty test or for persons to meet certain qualifications; designating the Florida Student Association as the nonprofit advocacy organization for students of the State University System; requiring the board of directors to adopt certain bylaws, 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.