Tax Exemptions for Surviving Spouses of Quadriplegics; Authorizing the surviving spouses of certain quadriplegics to carry over a certain tax exemption in certain circumstances; authorizing the Department of Revenue to adopt emergency rules, etc.
Prescriptive Authority Certification for Psychologists; Requiring the Board of Psychology to certify psychologists to exercise prescriptive authority if they meet specified criteria; specifying requirements for the prescribing of drugs and controlled substances by a prescribing psychologist; requiring the board to maintain a current record of every prescribing psychologist authorized to prescribe controlled substances; requiring the Board of Psychology to establish an interim panel for a specified purpose by a specified date, etc.
Defamation, False Light, and Unauthorized Publication of Name or Likenesses; Requiring that certain articles or broadcasts be removed from any website over which the newspaper, broadcaster, or periodical has control within a specified period to limit damages for defamation; providing persons in certain positions relating to newspapers with immunity for defamation if such persons exercise due care to prevent publication or utterance of such a statement; declaring that the continued appearance on any website over which the newspaper, broadcaster, or periodical has control of a published statement determined to be false is deemed to be a new publication of the false statement for certain purposes and that the owner, licensee, or operator is not entitled to a certain privilege, etc.
Court-ordered Sealing of Criminal History Records; Revising eligibility requirements for the court-ordered sealing of certain criminal history records; authorizing courts to seal additional adjudications of guilt in certain circumstances, etc.
Administrative Efficiency in Public Schools; Exempting district school boards from requirements for adopting certain rules; deleting a requirement for a district school board to employ an internal auditor in certain circumstances; requiring innovation schools of technology to comply with specified provisions relating to instructional multiyear contracts, in addition to annual contracts, for instructional personnel in addition to annual contracts; revising requirements relating to district school board attendance policies for Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Programs; revising requirements for assessments needed for a student to earn a high school diploma; providing requirements for advanced degrees which may be used to set salary schedules for instructional personnel and school administrators hired after a specified date; revising eligibility requirements for individuals to participate in the Teacher Apprenticeship Program, etc.
Fees/Agents of Student Athletes; Requiring agents wishing to represent student athletes to pay a specified application fee to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; requiring such agents to pay a specified renewal fee annually to the department, etc.
Centralized Medicaid Provider Credentialing; Requiring Medicaid managed care organizations operating in this state on or after a specified date to require their providers to comply with specified accreditation requirements; requiring credentialing verification organizations to implement a single credentialing application through a web-based portal; providing that once approved for enrollment, a provider’s claims become eligible for payment on the date on which the provider’s credentialing application was approved; prohibiting Medicaid managed care organizations from requiring providers to appeal or resubmit clean claims submitted during a specified period, etc.
Tax Credits for Investment in Rural Communities; Creating the “Florida Rural Jobs Act”; requiring the Department of Commerce to accept applications for approval as rural funds in a specified manner; requiring the department to distribute revoked investment authority among certain rural funds; granting a credit against state tax liability for specified investors; providing restrictions on the credit, etc.
Building Construction; Requiring the Florida Building Code Administrators and Inspectors Board to establish by rule certain internship programs, certain eligibility criteria for one- and two-family dwelling inspector certifications, and a certain application process; authorizing an owner or, in certain circumstances, an owner’s agent to sign certain documents personally or virtually; requiring a newly designated qualifying agent to apply to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation for a change of contractor within a certain timeframe in certain jurisdictions; revising the threshold contract value amount at which a building permit issuing authority must require an applicant to file a copy of a notice of commencement, etc.
Autonomous Practice by Certain Psychiatric Nurses; Authorizing certain advanced practice registered nurses who are psychiatric nurses to engage in the autonomous practice of specified acts and in mental health practice, as defined by rule of the Board of Nursing, etc.
