Occupational Therapy; Revises eligibility requirements for occupational therapist licensure examination; authorizes certain licensed occupational therapists to use specified title & associated initials; prohibits certain persons from using specified title & associated initials; provides criminal penalties.
Donor Human Milk Bank Services; Authorizes AHCA to pay for donor human milk bank services as optional Medicaid service; specifies coverage requirements; adds donor human milk bank services to list of Medicaid services authorized for reimbursement on fee-for-service basis; adds donor human milk bank services to list of minimum benefits required to be covered by Medicaid managed care plans.
Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsels; Specifies responsibilities of regional counsels regarding witness coordination; removes requirement that regional counsel employees be governed by JAC classification & salary & benefits plans; modifying procedures for Supreme Court Judicial Nominating Commission in nominating candidates for regional counsel positions; revises provisions related to duties of regional counsels.
Relief/Harry Augustin Shumow/Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County, d/b/a Jackson Memorial Hospital; Provides for relief of Harry Augustin Shumow by Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County, d/b/a Jackson Memorial Hospital; provides for appropriation to compensate him for injuries sustained as a result of negligence of employee of Public Health Trust of Miami-Dade County; provides limitation on payment of compensation & specified fees. CLAIM: $5,000,000
Money Services Businesses; Revising exceptions to general laws and rules for licensees during the Financial Technology Sandbox period; defining the term “virtual currency”; revising the purpose of the Florida Control of Money Laundering in Money Services Business Act; revising criminal and civil penalties for certain violations relating to unlicensed activity involving money services businesses and deferred presentment providers; requiring money transmitters that receive virtual currency for specified purposes to hold a certain type and amount of virtual currency until the transmission obligation is completed, etc.
Relief/Donna Catalano/Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Provides for relief of Donna Catalano by the DACS; provides an appropriation to compensate Donna Catalano for injuries & damages sustained as result of negligence of Donald Gerard Burthe, employee of DACS; provides limitation on payment of certain fees, costs, & other expenses. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $3,175,000
Indecent, Lewd, or Lascivious Touching; Prohibits indecent, lewd, or lascivious touching of certain minors; provides penalty.
Relief/Christeia Jones/Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; Provides for relief of Christeia Jones, as guardian of Logan Grant, Denard Maybin, Jr., & Lanard Maybin; provides appropriation to compensate them for injuries & damages sustained as result of automobile accident caused by Trooper Raul Umana, employee of FHP, division of DHSMV; provides limitation on payment of compensation & specified fees. CLAIM WITH APPROPRIATION: $7,500,000
Agritourism; Revises legislative intent regarding promotion of agritourism; prohibits denial or revocation of property's agricultural classification; requires certain farm buildings, structures, facilities, or other improvements to be assessed according to specified provisions.
Acute Hospital Care at Home; Authorizes paramedics to perform life support services to patients receiving acute hospital care at home; provides physician or medical director who supervises or directs provision of such services by paramedic is liable for any act or omission during provision of such services; provides that Class III institutional pharmacies may dispense, distribute, compound, & fill prescriptions for medicinal drugs for inpatient treatment & patients receiving acute hospital care at home.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse; Authorizes release of certain information to facilities for specified purpose; revises conditions under which patient's communication may be restricted; requires receiving facility to notify specified emergency contacts of individuals who are being involuntarily held for examination; provides requirements for reports issued by law enforcement officers; requires DCF to receive & maintain reports relating to transportation of patients; provides criminal penalty.
Private Property Rights to Prune, Trim, and Remove Trees; Prohibits local governments from requiring notice, application, approval, permit, fee, or mitigation for pruning, trimming, or removal of tree on residential property if property owner possesses certain documentation; provides that tree poses unacceptable risk if removal is only means of practically mitigating its risk below moderate as determined by specified procedures.
