Sen. Travis Hutson

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

Sales and Use Tax; Exempting from the sales and use tax the purchase or lease of equipment by a provider of certain communication services or Internet access services, etc.

Tax Exemptions for Disabled Ex-servicemembers; Revising the amount of a certain exemption related to disabled ex-servicemembers, etc.

Audits of Campaign Finance Reports; Authorizing certain candidates to request the Division of Elections of the Department of State to audit a specified report; requiring the division to conduct audits and field investigations with respect to candidates’ alleged failures to file certain reports or statements; requiring the division to conduct random audits of specified reports after each general election cycle; exempting aspects of the auditing process from the Administrative Procedure Act, etc.

Asbestos and Silica Claims; Revising the information required to be included in a sworn information form for asbestos or silica claims filed after a specified date; specifying that such a form is inadmissible in evidence, and may not be relied upon by a witness, at trial; requiring courts to dismiss certain claims upon a motion by a defendant, etc.

Liability on Optional Equipment; Defining the term “covered motor vehicle”; providing that there is no obligation or duty to retrofit a covered motor vehicle with component parts or equipment in certain circumstances, etc.

Support for the State of Israel; Expressing the Florida Senate’s unwavering support for the State of Israel, etc.

Medical Negligence; Revising the limits on noneconomic damages for personal injury or wrongful death arising from medical negligence; deleting a provision that prohibits adult children and parents of adult children from recovering certain damages in medical negligence suits; requiring that medical malpractice insurer rate filings reflect certain changes in costs and expenses; requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation to consider such changes in its review of rate filings, etc.

Fees/Fantasy Sports Contest Operator; Requiring applicants for a fantasy sports contest operator license to pay a specified application fee; requiring contest operators to pay a specified annual license renewal fee; prohibiting such fees from exceeding a specified amount; requiring applicants and contest operators to provide certain written evidence; requiring contest operators to remit certain fees, etc.

Fantasy Sports Contest Amusement Act; Designating the "Fantasy Sports Contest Amusement Act"; requiring the Florida Gaming Control Commission to enforce and administer the act; providing application requirements for fantasy sports contest operator licenses; requiring a contest operator to implement specified consumer protection procedures; requiring contest operators to keep and maintain certain records for a specified period, etc.