Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County; Provides appropriation to compensate Mr. & Mrs. Latour for injuries sustained as result of negligence of Miami-Dade County; provides limitation on compensation & payment of attorney fees. CLAIM: $500,000
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances; Prohibits, beginning on specified date, certain use & sale, purchase, or distribution of aqueous film-forming foam; requires, beginning on specified date, certain entities to submit aqueous film-forming foam inventories & disposal plans to DEP; prohibits, beginning on specified date, possession & use of aqueous film-forming foam; authorizes DEP to administer certain grants or cost share programs; provides penalties & injunctive relief; requires certain public entities disposing of domestic wastewater biosolids and treated effluent to quarterly conduct specified samplings & submit results to DEP; limits purpose such samplings until specified standards are established by EPA & adopted by DEP.
Utility Services; Requiring that certain public meetings be held as a condition precedent to the effectiveness of a new or extended agreement under which a municipality will provide specified utility services in other municipalities or unincorporated areas; requiring municipalities that provide specified utility services to report certain information by a specified date, and annually thereafter, to the Florida Public Service Commission; requiring the commission to compile such information and submit a report by a specified date, and annually thereafter, to the Governor and the Legislature; preempting to the state the subject of a regional utilities authority, etc.
Higher Education; Transfers specified assets & liabilities between USF Sarasota/Manatee & New College of Florida; revises provisions relating to Title IX, tuition rates for certain postsecondary students; & removes future repeal of specified amendments to Florida Statutes.
Domestic Violence and Protective Injunctions; Reclassifying penalties for committing a domestic violence offense if a person has a prior conviction for domestic violence; providing that sentencing and incentive gain-time eligibility determinations are made without regard to a penalty enhancement; establishing an electronic monitoring pilot program in a specified county; requiring the sheriff, in consultation with certain persons, to design and implement the pilot program; providing requirements for the pilot program; requiring the Department of Corrections to complete an evaluation and provide specified reports to the Legislature; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to enter injunctions against dating violence and sexual violence into a statewide verification system, etc.
Parkinson's Disease Registry ; Requires physicians & advanced practice registered nurses to report certain information to Parkinson's disease registry; provides limited liability for physicians & advanced practice registered nurses under certain circumstances; requires President of Senate & Speaker of House of Representatives to each appoint one member to Parkinson's Disease Research Board; revises membership qualifications & terms; revises report requirements; requires Institute for Parkinson's Disease within University of South Florida, subject to appropriation, to establish & maintain statewide Parkinson's disease registry; provides requirements for such registry; requires institute to create & maintain Parkinson's disease registry-specific website; provides requirements for such website.
Pub. Rec./Parkinson's Disease Registry; Provides public records exemption for specified patient information for Parkinson's disease registry; authorizes certain information to be disclosed under certain circumstances; provides for future legislative review & repeal of exemption; provides statement of public necessity.
Higher Education; Transfers specified assets & liabilities between USF Sarasota/Manatee & New College of Florida; revises provisions relating to Title IX, tuition rates for certain postsecondary students; & removes future repeal of specified amendments to Florida Statutes.
Maddy summaryHB 6025 amends Florida's tax credit scholarship program by removing language requiring unused scholarship funds to revert to the state under specific conditions. The bill eliminates provisions that previously mandated funds to return to the state if a student's account became inactive for two years, if eligibility was denied due to fraud, or if a student remained unenrolled for 30 days. This change means scholarship funds remaining in a student's account after these scenarios will no longer automatically return to the state. The bill affects families enrolled in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program who receive private school scholarships, but does not alter eligibility rules or scholarship amounts. It takes effect July 1, 2026.
Maddy summaryThis bill adds nine specific exemptions to Florida's statewide provider and health plan claim dispute resolution program, clarifying which disputed claims will not be reviewed by the state resolution organization. It directly affects healthcare providers and health plans by excluding certain claims from the dispute process, such as those involving interest payments, Medicaid fair hearings, federal dispute resolution processes, or pre-2000 contracts. Key provisions specify that claims related to federal programs (like Medicare or Medicaid appeals), ongoing court cases, or internal managed care organization grievances will not undergo state review. The bill does not alter the core dispute resolution program but streamlines it by defining excluded scenarios. It takes effect July 1, 2026.
