- Makes
pilot program for personal care attendants
for spinal cord injury victims permanent;
provides criteria for participation in program;
increases percentage of revenues collected
from tax collection enforcement diversion
program for deposit into operating account
of Fla. Endowment Foundation for Vocational
Rehabilitation.
-
SB 118 the bill died in messages on 05/02/03.
- HB
223 Died in Committee on Appropriations
on 05/02/03.
HB 287
Specialty License Plates/ Motorcycles
- Creates
a specialty license plate for motorcycles;
provides for a distribution of annual user
fees received from sale of plates; all fees
will be distributed to the Able Trust as
custodial agent; 25% to Prevent Blindness
of Florida, 25% to Florida Association of
Centers for Independent Living, for the
purpose of setting up Direct-Support Organizations
for each center, and for programs and activities
serving disabled Floridians. Each center
participating in the development of a direct-support
organization shall be eligible to apply
through the Association for a start-up grant
of up to $50,000, and 25% to Foundation
for Vocational Rehabilitation to support
the Personal Care Attendant Program.
- EFFECTIVE
DATE: October 1, 2003.
SB 162
American Sign Language
- Provides
legislative findings & purpose; allows
foreign-language credits for instruction
in American Sign Language; requires notice
of limitations; provides duties of Commissioner
of Education & State Board of Education;
provides for task force & prescribes
its duties; requires teachers of American
Sign Language to be licensed by specified
date; provides plan for postsecondary institutions.
-
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2003.
SB 1394
HB 155
Medicaid Buy- in Program
- This
bill reenacts the Ticket to Work/Medicaid
Buy-in that was enacted by the Legislature
in 2001 then repealed in December 2001.
This bill authorizes individuals with disabilities
who have an income up to 250% of the federal
poverty level to buy into the Medicaid program.
- SB
1394 Died in Committee on Appropriations;
Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
on 05/02/03.
- HB
155 Died in Committee on Health Access &
Financing on 05/02/03.
CS/HB
1197
SB 2748
Baker Act
- Revises
language re guardian advocate; authorizes
guardian advocate to consent to administration
of medication over objection under certain
circumstances; provides for release of certain
clinical records to certain persons for
certain purposes; revises criteria &
procedures for involuntary examination;
provides contents of petition for involuntary
outpatient placement; provides for appointment
of counsel, etc. Amends Ch. 394.
- HB
1197 Died in Committee on Judiciary on 05/02/03.
- SB
2748 Died in Committee on Children and Families
on 05/02/03.
CS/CS/SB
340
Involuntary Commitment/Baker Act
- Provides
that patient admitted for involuntary examination
to hospital may not be released without
approval of emergency department physician
& completion of involuntary examination.
- This
act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
SB 2742
HB1261
Transportation Disadvantaged
- Defines
& redefines terms; revises membership
of Commission for Transportation Disadvantaged;
provides for development of innovative approaches
for delivery of services to transportation
disadvantaged; revises duties of metropolitan
planning organizations & planning agencies
re services for said disadvantaged; revises
information that must be maintained re school
buses used in transporting said disadvantaged.
- SB
2742 Died in Committee on Transportation
on 05/02/03.
- HB
1261 Died in Committee on Transportation
& Economic Development Appropriations
on 05/02/03.
HB 903
SB 644
Medicaid Co-payment/Transportation
- Deletes
the $2.00 co-payment requirement for transportation
services that is currently required by the
Agency for Health Care Administration (ACHA)
for certain additional services under Medicaid.
- HB
903 Died in Committee on Health Appropriations
on 05/02/03.
- SB
0644 Died in Committee on Transportation
on 05/02/03.
SB 162
American Sign Language
- Allows
public and independent schools to give foreign
language credits for instruction in ASL.
It also encourages postsecondary institutions
to accept ASL credits as foreign language
credits; requires notice of limitations;
provides duties of Commissioner of Education
& State Board of Education; provides
for task force & prescribes its duties;
requires teachers of American Sign Language
to be licensed by specified date; provides
plan for postsecondary institutions.
- EFFECTIVE
DATE: July 1, 2003.
HB 1739
Access to Postsecondary Education
- Creates
provision re access to postsecondary education
& meaningful careers for students with
disabilities; amends provision re high school
graduation requirements; requires State
Education Board to adopt rules providing
for test accommodations & modifications
of procedures for students with disabilities;
amends provision re admissions of students
to community colleges.
- EFFECTIVE
DATE: April 24, 2003 Approved by Governor;
Chapter No. 2003-8.
HB 1345
SB 2244
Fla. Commission on Deafness
Combines SB2126 and HB 1345
- Services
for Deaf & Blind Persons; creates Fla.
Council on Deafness; creates Fla. Commission
for the Blind in DOE; provides that commission
is agency head of Blind Services Div.; requires
division to develop & implement state
plan for vocational rehabilitation services
& independent living services; creates
children's program; repeals provisions re
issuance of permits for soliciting funds
on behalf of blind persons.
- HB
1345 Died pending review of CS under Rule
6.3(b) on 05/02/03.
- CS/CS/SB
2244 Died on Calendar on 05/02/03.
HB 1325
SB 2460
Independent Living Transition Services
- Requires
each district of CFS Dept. to identify adolescent
foster children with developmental disabilities
or special mental health needs; revises
eligibility requirements for participation
in Road-to-Independence Scholarship Program
& transitional support services; provides
for young adults to continue in foster care
in lieu of Road-to-Independence Scholarship.
- HB
1325 Died in Committee on Human Services
Appropriations on 05/02/03.
- SB
2460 Died in Messages on 05/02/03.
HB
1093
SB 240
Basic Rights
- Provides
constitutional amendment to prohibit depriving
person of any right because of physical
or mental disability, as defined by general
law.
- HB
1093 Died on Calendar on 05/02/03.
- SB
240 Died in Committee on Rules and Calendar
on 05/02/03.
SB 150
Developmental Disabilities
- Adds
genetic disease familial dysautonomia to
list of disabilities defined & covered
under specified provision; amends provisions
re testimony of victims & witnesses,
home health agencies, community residential
homes, & victims & witnesses who
are minors or persons with mental retardation
to conform cross-references the changes
made by act.
- SB
150-Died on Calendar on 05/02/03.
SB 176
Sales Tax/Rental/Purchase/Guide Dogs
- Provides
exemption for purchase or rental of guide
dog for deaf, dog for paraplegic or quadriplegic,
or dog for person with epilepsy or seizure
disorder; provides exemption for sale of
food & other items for such dogs.
- Died
in Committee on Appropriations on 05/02/03.
SB 178
Community Residential Homes
- Prohibits
certain community residential homes from
being located within prescribed distance
from existing single-family homes.
- Died
in Committee on Comprehensive Planning on
05/02/03.
SB
1826
Mentally Ill/Housing Services
- Expresses
legislative intent to support stable housing
for persons who have mental illness; provides
that such housing must be available in diverse
settings; provides for rulemaking by CFS
Dept.
- Died
in Committee on Children and Families on
05/02/03.
SB 644
HB 1143
Bingo/Elderly or Disabled Adult
-
Authorizes bingo games for residents or
clients of certain facilities for elderly
or disabled & for their guests; provides
conditions; provides for use of proceeds;
provides exemption from local regulation
& fees.
- SB
644 Died in Messages on 05/02/03.
- HB
1143 Died in Committee on Gaming & Pari-mutuels
on 05/02/03.
CS/SB 540
Affordable Housing
- Allows
Florida Housing Finance Corporation to establish
subsidiary corporations to administer &
manage programs under contract with U.S.
Department of Housing & Urban Development;
provides powers of such subsidiary corporations;
provides that such subsidiaries are subject
to specified statutes.
- CS/HB
540 This Committee Substitute authorizes
the Florida Housing Finance Corporation
(FHFC) to establish a subsidiary corporation
to administer and manage programs under
contract with the US Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD). Specifically,
this provision will allow FHFC to administer
the Housing Assistance for Needy Families
(HANF), a proposed block grant initiative
from HUD that replaces the federal Section
8 program. Section 8 housing choice vouchers
allow very low-income families to choose
and lease or purchase safe, decent, and
affordable privately owned rental housing.
- Died
on Calendar on 05/02/03.
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