Sen. Lauren Book

Resident Status for Tuition Purposes; Providing that a person may not lose his or her resident status for tuition purposes due to incarceration, etc.

Protection of Specified Adults; Authorizing financial institutions, under certain circumstances, to delay a disbursement or transaction from an account of a specified adult; specifying that a delay on a disbursement or transaction expires on a certain date; authorizing the financial institution to extend the delay under certain circumstances; authorizing a court of competent jurisdiction to shorten or extend the delay, etc.

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Policy Committee; Citing this act as the “Justo R. Cortes Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Act”; requiring the State Surgeon General to establish a progressive supranuclear palsy and other neurodegenerative diseases policy committee; requiring the Department of Health to provide staff and administrative support to the committee; providing for duties, membership, and meetings of the committee; requiring the State Surgeon General to submit a progress report and a final report by a specified date to the Governor and the Legislature, etc.

Career-themed Courses; Revising the requirements for a specified school district strategic plan to include certain information; requiring the Department of Education to include specified data in an annual review of K-12 and postsecondary career and technical education offerings, etc.

Hope Cards for Persons Issued Orders of Protection; Requiring the clerks of the circuit court, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, to develop and implement the Hope Card Program; requiring clerks’ offices to create a Hope Card and provide such card to petitioners within a specified time frame; providing criminal penalties for the fraudulent use of a Hope Card, etc. APPROPRIATION: $176,000

Young Adult Aftercare Services; Revising eligibility requirements for aftercare services for certain young adults; authorizing the Department of Children and Families to distribute federal funds to eligible young adults in certain circumstances, etc.

Swimming Lesson Voucher Program; Creating the program within the Department of Health for a specified purpose; requiring the department to establish a network of swimming lesson vendors to participate in the program; requiring the department or a contracted nonprofit organization to attempt to secure a vendor in each county; specifying eligibility criteria for the program, etc. APPROPRIATION: $500,000

Public Records/Suicide Victims; Defining the term “suicide of a person”; creating an exemption from public records requirements for a photograph or video or audio recording of the suicide of a person; providing exceptions; requiring that any viewing, copying, listening to, or other handling of such photograph or video or audio recording be under the direct supervision of the custodian of the record or his or her designee; creating an exemption from public records requirements for autopsy reports of suicide victims; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Individuals with Disabilities; Revising provisions related to programs and services provided by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; requiring the agency, within available resources, to offer voluntary participation care navigation services to clients and their caregivers at specified times; requiring the agency to develop and implement an online application process; revising which types of clients are eligible for an individual support plan; clarifying the timeframe within which a family or individual support plan must be developed, etc. APPROPRIATION: $38,852,223

Injustices Perpetuated Against the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee's Targets; Acknowledging the injustices perpetrated against the targets of the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee between 1956 and 1965 and offering a formal and heartfelt apology to those whose lives, well-being, and livelihoods were damaged or destroyed by the activities and public pronouncements of those who served on the committee, etc.