Spectrum Alert; Requires FDLE, in cooperation with specified agencies, to establish & implement Spectrum Alert; develop training program & alert system for missing children with autism spectrum disorder which is compatible with existing alert systems; specifies requirements for training program. APPROPRIATION: $190,000
Firefighter Health and Safety ; Requires Division of State Fire Marshal within DFS to adopt certain rules; requires division to assist in decreasing frequency of fatalities; requires division to adopt rules relating to education on chemical hazards or toxic substances & mental health best practices.
Insulin Administration by Direct Support Professionals and Relatives ; Defines "direct-support professional"; authorizes direct-support professionals & relatives of clients in group home facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities to administer insulin as prescribed to client if specified conditions are met; provides group home facilities, direct-support professionals, & relatives of clients with immunity from civil liability for damages & civil & criminal penalties; authorizes unlicensed direct service provider to supervise self-administration of insulin & epinephrine through use of specified devices.
Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death; Removes provision that precluded certain persons from recovering damages for medical negligence resulting in death.
Advertisements for Representation Services; Prohibits notaries public from using specified terms to describe themselves; creates civil cause of action for declaratory or injunctive relief & to recover damages & attorney fees & costs; requires certain businesses or persons offering immigration services to make specified disclosure; creates civil cause of action for declaratory or injunctive relief & to recover damages & attorney fees & costs.
State Land Management; Requiring public hearings for all updated conservation and nonconservation land management plans; requiring the Division of State Lands of the Department of Environmental Protection to make available to the public, within a specified timeframe, electronic copies of land management plans for parcels of a certain size and for parcels located in state parks; revising the duties of the Division of Recreation and Parks of the Department of Environmental Protection; specifying requirements for the management of parks and recreational areas held by the state; requiring the division to comply with specified provisions when granting certain privileges, leases, concessions, and permits; authorizing the division to acquire, install, or permit the installation or operation at state parks of campsites and cabins that meet certain requirements; prohibiting the division from authorizing certain uses or construction activities within a state park; prohibiting the division from installing or permitting the installation of any lodging establishment within the boundaries of a state park; requiring that individual management plans for parcels located within state parks be developed with input from an advisory group; requiring that the advisory group's required public hearings be noticed to the public within a specified timeframe, etc.
Arrest and Detention of Individuals with Significant Medical Conditions; Defines "person with significant medical condition"; provides that law enforcement officer may use his or her discretion in determining whether to make an immediate arrest of person with significant medical condition.
Cardiac Emergencies; Requires, rather than authorizing, school districts to provide training in basic first aid to certain students; provides requirements for such training; requires each public school to develop plan for urgent life-saving emergencies (PULSE) for specified purposes; & provides requirements for school, staff, & defibrillator use & storage.
Maddy summaryHouse Bill 447 mandates the inclusion of disability history and awareness instruction within educational curricula. This bill specifically requires that such instruction incorporate designated materials. The legislation aims to ensure students receive education on the history of individuals with disabilities and promote greater awareness.
Mental Health; Expands programs & diversion initiatives supported by implementation or expansion grants to include training for 911 public safety telecommunicators & emergency medical technicians for certain purposes & to include veterans treatment court programs; exempts certain fiscally constrained counties from local match requirements for specified grants; encourages communities to apply for specified grants to establish pretrial felony mental health diversion programs; provides model process for such mental health diversion programs; authorizes specified entities to collaborate to establish certain policies & procedures & to develop certain consent form; requires mental health evaluations & following of all recommendations as conditions of probation for specified defendants; creates Florida Behavioral Health Care Data Repository within Northwest Regional Data Center; requires data center to develop specified plan & submit annual report.
