Boating Safety; Revises & provides penalties for vessel collisions, accidents, casualties, reckless operation, & providing false information in specified reports; revises requirements for operating certain vessels; requires person convicted of certain noncriminal infractions to pay fine; provides minimum mandatory prison term for BUI manslaughter.
Parole; Requires Florida Commission on Offender Review to provide specified statistical analysis to Legislature; requires DOC to provide specified information to commission; requires commission to review specified information in certain circumstances.
Comprehensive Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan; Requires DEP to develop comprehensive waste reduction & recycling plan, create & convene technical assistance group, & submit report to Legislature.
Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases; Establishes Florida Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases within FSU College of Medicine; & provides goals of institute; establishes Sunshine Genetics Pilot Program & Sunshine Genetics Consortium.
My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program; Limits participation in My Safe Florida Condominium Pilot Program to certain structures & buildings on condominium property; prohibits condominium association from applying for hurricane mitigation inspection or mitigation grant under pilot program unless certain association property or condominium property is established as common element & association has complied with specified requirements; revises approval requirements to receive mitigation grant; removes amount of grant funding for certain projects; revises improvements for which mitigation grant may be used; requires improvements to be identified in final hurricane mitigation inspection in order for association to receive grant funds; requires grant funds to be awarded for mitigation improvement that will result in mitigation credit, discount, or other rate differential; requires mitigation improvements to be made to all openings.
Maddy summaryHB 1553 requires the Department of Health (DOH) to include uterine fibroids in a specified list of diseases for research purposes. This mandates the DOH to update its existing research database to cover uterine fibroids specifically. The bill directly affects the DOH's administrative responsibilities in managing health data. It does not change healthcare services, funding, or patient care but supports targeted research on uterine fibroids.
Trust Funds/Comprehensive Health Care for Residents; Creates Florida Health Fund for Florida Health Plan; provides for administration of fund; provides for sources of funds & purpose; requires claims for health care services to be made to fund; provides for disbursement from fund; provides for accounts in fund; prohibits funds from being commingled with other moneys; requires necessary waivers, exemptions, agreements, & legislation to be obtained for federal payments for fund; provides for future review & termination or re-creation of fund; provides that Florida Health Plan's responsibility for providing health care is secondary to existing Federal Government programs if funding for these programs is not transferred to fund; requires collateral sources to pay to fund; provides duties of Florida Health Board relating to fund; provides applicability of Code of Ethics for Public Officers & Employees to employees & director of fund; provides duties of plan auditor relating to fund; provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: Indeterminate
Pub. Rec. and Meetings/Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; Provides public records & meetings exemptions relating to Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact & its committees; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statements of public necessity.
Maddy summaryHB 765 designates October 21 of each year as "Celia Cruz Day" in the state. This commemorative bill formally recognizes the date on the state's official calendar without creating new laws or affecting any specific group. It honors the legacy of Celia Cruz, the renowned Cuban-American singer, through an annual observance. The bill has no policy mechanisms or direct impact beyond this symbolic designation.
Tax Exemptions for Surviving Spouses of Quadriplegics; Authorizes surviving spouses of certain quadriplegics to carry over certain tax exemption in certain circumstances.
