Rep. Robin Bartleman

Affordable Housing; Authorizes municipalities to create community land bank programs to sell eligible real property by private sale for purposes of affordable housing & provides requirements for such programs; authorizes Florida Housing Finance Corporation to allocate tax credit among certain projects; authorizes tax credit to be transferred by recipient; creates Retail-to-residence Tax Credit Program; requires corporation to establish & adopt procedures & to prepare annual plan; requires plan to be approved by Governor; authorizes corporation to exercise certain powers; creates Affordable Housing Construction Loan Program; provides corporation with certain powers & responsibilities relating to program; provides requirements for program.

Victims of Criminal Offenses; Provides that private counsel retained by victim of sexual offense may be present during victim depositions.

Protection from Surgical Smoke; Requiring hospitals & ambulatory surgical centers to adopt & implement policies requiring use of smoke evacuation systems during certain surgical procedures.

Veterinary Professional Associates; Authorizes certain individuals to use title "veterinary professional associate"; authorizes such associates to perform certain duties & actions; prohibits such associates from prescribing certain drugs or controlled substances or performing surgical procedures; provides exceptions; provides that veterinarians are liable for acts or omissions of veterinary professional associates under their supervision & control.

Everglades Protection Area; Requires comprehensive plans & plan amendments that apply to certain lands within or near Everglades Protection Area to follow state coordinated review process; provides duties of DEP relating to such plans & plan amendments; provides additional limitation for compliance determination of such plans & plan amendments; prohibits & provides requirements for adoption of certain development amendments within Everglades Protection Area.

Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses; Prohibits individuals from using nonviolent sexual advance or specified perceptions or beliefs about another individual as defense to criminal offense, to excuse or justify conduct of an individual who commits criminal offense, or to mitigate severity of criminal offense.

Sexual Misconduct Information in Public K-20 Education; Requires district school boards to provide certain information relating to Title IX & sexual misconduct complaints to students, parents, & school employees; requires FCS institutions & state universities to create sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, & stalking policy & comprehensive prevention & outreach program on sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, & stalking & provide certain information to students.

Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for Nonprofit Homes for the Aged; Revises ownership entities for certain nonprofit homes qualifying for exemption from ad valorem taxation to include certain limited partnerships.

Medicaid Behavioral Health Provider Performance; Revises AHCA's quality selection criteria for Medicaid program provider service networks to include behavioral health care providers; requires AHCA to establish provider network standards for behavioral health providers in Medicaid program; revises network testing requirements; requires AHCA to identify specified managed care plans' scores, to establish such scores as baseline indicators for plans, & to notify plans of their baselines for such scores; requires AHCA to establish outcome performance goals related to behavioral health; revises requirements for quality measures for managed care plans.

Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund and Reinsurance Assistance; Revises provisions for Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund including, retention multiple, adjusted retention multiple, reimbursement contracts, loss adjustment expense; contract obligations; reimbursements, & reimbursement premium formula; authorizes eligible Reinsurance to Assist Policyholders program insurers to purchase RAP coverage under program; revises reimbursement under RAP program; removes provision prohibiting premiums from being charged for participation in program; revises coverage layers of Florida Optional Reinsurance Assistance program; requires transfer of specified amount from FORA Fund into Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund.