Rep. Vicki Lopez

Disqualification from Licensing, Permitting, or Certification Based on Criminal Conviction; Provides that application for license, permit, or certification may only be denied based on applicant's criminal record under certain circumstances; requires state agency to consider certain factors in determining whether applicant for license, permit, or certification has been rehabilitated; revises & provides requirements for state agencies relating to denying certain applications & petitions, advising applicant how to remedy disqualifications, new petitions, & fees; revises state agency reporting requirements.

Homestead Exemption for First Responders; Exempts from taxation homestead property of surviving spouse of first responder who dies in line of duty while employed by United States Government; expands definition of “first responder” to include certain federal law enforcement officers.

Assisted Care Communities; Authorizes AHCA to reimburse adult day care services on fee-for-service basis under Medicaid program; specifies requirements for certain standards for assisted living facilities agency is required to adopt by rule; requires operators of adult day care centers to annually complete specified continuing education; provides requirements for courses completed online; provides additional methods to satisfy continuing education requirements; authorizes DOEA to grant extension, not to exceed 1 year, for completion of continuing education; requires persons or entities offering continuing education courses to submit certain information to department within specified timeframe; authorizes certain operators to request waiver from continuing education requirements; prohibits department from renewing license of adult day care center.

Compensation for Wrongfully Incarcerated Persons; Revises requirements for when petition seeking compensation must be filed; requires prosecuting authority to petition Governor to appoint substitute prosecuting authority under certain circumstances; provides deceased person's heirs, successors, or assigns do not have standing to file petition; revises compensation eligibility requirements; revises requirements for awarding compensation & continuing appropriations.

Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Grant Program; Creates Community Violence Intervention & Prevention Grant Program within DCF; provides uses for grants provided by department; provides application requirements & procedures for such grants; provides restrictions on grant funds; provides for program costs; requires specified evaluations; requires public hearings; provides for grant duration; requires reports from recipients; requires annual report.

Disclosure of Grand Jury Testimony; Revises list of persons prohibited from disclosing testimony of witness examined before grand jury or evidence it receives; creates exception for request by media or interested person.

Required Instruction in the History of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders; Requires history of Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders to be included in specified instruction; & provides requirements for such instruction.

Professional Licensing Requirements for Barbers and Cosmetologists; Provides period of time when conviction, or any other adjudication, for crime may not be grounds for denial of licensure as barber or cosmetologist; requires applicable board to approve educational program credits offered to inmates in institutions or facilities for purposes of satisfying training requirements for licensure as barber or cosmetologist.

Medicaid Coverage of Prescribed-food Programs for Disease Treatment and Prevention; Requires AHCA, in conjunction with DOH, to establish Food Is Medicine Program to provide Medicaid coverage for programs using medically tailored groceries, medically tailored meals, & produce prescriptions for specified Medicaid recipients who are high-need patients or patients with high-cost patient care or with highest healthcare utilization; requires agency, in conjunction with department, to seek federal approval & waivers for program; requires federal waiver application to seek matching funds.

Child Restraint Requirements; Revises requirements for use of crash-tested, federally approved child restraint device while transporting child in motor vehicle.