Local Ordinances; Authorizes courts to assess & award reasonable attorney fees & costs & damages in certain civil actions filed against local governments; specifies limitation on awards & restriction on fees & costs of certain litigation; provides certain procedures for continued meetings on proposed ordinances; provides duties of board of county commissioners & governing body of municipalities.
Pub. Rec./Protection from Discrimination Based on Health Care Choices; Provides exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by DLA & DOH; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
Florida Children’s Initiatives; Revising the definition of the term “resident”; revising the objectives for certain working groups; providing that the Florida Children’s Initiatives are administratively housed in the Department of Children and Families but are not subject to certain control, supervision, or direction by the department; revising legislative intent; clarifying provisions relating to the creation, implementation, and operation of Florida Children’s Initiatives, etc.
Level 2 Background Screenings; Revises provisions related to level 2 background screenings & the Care Provider Screening Clearinghouse; adds disqualifying offenses to screening requirements; revises reporting & rescreening timeframes; expands agencies & entities which may utilize Criminal Justice Information Program; requires program to develop method for identifying or verifying individual; requires specified entities to initiate criminal history checks through FDLE or clearinghouse by specified date. APPROPRIATION: $12,400,000
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.
Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Pilot Program; Establishes Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Pilot Program within DCF for eligible foster youth; specifies purpose & structure of program; requires DCF to establish & administer workforce training program for eligible foster youth; revises duties of Office of Continuing Care to include establishing & operating such program.
Independent Postsecondary Educational Grants; Authorizes DOE to award grants to students enrolled at certain colleges & universities; provides requirements for such colleges & universities; & provides that such colleges & universities are not under jurisdiction of Commission for Independent Education.
Substitution of Work Experience for Postsecondary Education Requirements; Provides requirements for hiring considerations by employing agencies; provides postsecondary degree may be baseline requirement; authorizes applicant to request review of hiring consideration; provides requirements for DMS & Public Employees Relations Commissions relating to requests; provides jurisdiction to commission; provides remedies if DMS substantiates report; authorizes agency to elect to substitute work experience for postsecondary educational requirements for person seeking to enter into contract with agency.
Task Force on the Monitoring of Children in Out-of-Home Care; Creates Task Force on Monitoring of Children in Out-of-Home Care; provides for membership; requires task force to convene by specified date; authorizes task force to conduct meetings through teleconference or other electronic means; provides duties of task force; requires Florida Institute for Child Welfare to conduct focus groups or individual interviews & submit its findings to task force; requires DCF to submit certain monthly reports to task force; requires task force to submit report to Governor & Legislature; provides for repeal of task force; provides appropriation.
Criminal Sentencing; Provides no points will be assessed for violations of community sanctions that are resolved under alternative sanctioning program; provides for resolution of low-risk violations of probation through alternative sanctioning program; corrects provisions concerning limiting prison sentences for first time revocations for low-risk violations; provides for structured sentences when technical violations result in prison terms; provides time periods for hearing & release of probationer or offender concerning technical violations; provides that an alternative sanctioning program is default method for resolution of certain low-risk violations.
