Florida HB 1221: Veterinary Medicine

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Department of Financial 2
Services; amending s. 17.11, F.S.; revising the 3
subsystem used for a certain report of disbursements 4
made; amending s. 17.13, F.S.; requiring the 5
replacement of lost or destroyed warrants; amending s. 6
110.113, F.S.; deleting the Department of Financial 7
Services' authority to make semimonthly salary 8
payments; amending s. 112.3135, F.S.; authorizing a 9
public official to take specified actions in relation 10
to the employment of a relative as a firefighter; 11
amending s. 215.422, F.S.; requiring agencies to pay 12
interest from available appropriations under certain 13
circumstances; amending s. 215.5586, F.S.; defining 14
terms; revising eligibility requirements for a 15
hurricane mitigation inspection under the My Safe 16
Florida Home Program; revising the circumstances under 17
which applicants may submit a subsequent hurricane 18
mitigation inspection; deleting the requirement that 19
licensed inspectors must determine mitigation measures 20
during initial inspections of eligible homes; deleting 21
inspectors' authorization to inspect townhouses; 22
revising the criteria for eligibility for a hurricane 23
mitigation grant; revising the grant's applicant 24
requirements; removing an expiration date for certain 25

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requirements; revising the improvements that grants 26
may be used for; requiring that improvements be 27
identified in the final hurricane mitigation 28
inspection to receive grant funds; deleting a 29
provision related to grants for townhouses; 30
authorizing the program to accept a specified 31
certification directly from applicants; requiring 32
applicants who receive grants to finalize construction 33
and request a final inspection within a specified 34
timeframe; specifying that an application is deemed 35
abandoned, rather than withdrawn, under certain 36
circumstances; requiring the department to notify an 37
applicant within a specified time period before an 38
application is be deemed abandoned; authorizing the 39
applicant to submit a subsequent application in 40
certain circumstances; authorizing the department to 41
determine that an application is not abandoned in 42
certain circumstances; amending s. 215.55871, F.S.; 43
defining the term "area median income"; removing the 44
definition of the term "service area"; revising 45
eligibility requirements for the My Safe Florida 46
Condominium Pilot Program; requiring the Department of 47
Financial Services to adopt rules to verify household 48
income; authorizing condominiums with mixed-income 49
occupancies to participate in the pilot program under 50

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certain circumstances; requiring an application for a 51
mitigation grant to include documentation to verify 52
household income; limiting the award of grant funds; 53
requiring an association to complete a certain 54
percentage of opening protection improvements; 55
providing applicability; amending s. 215.89, F.S.; 56
deleting obsolete provisions; amending s. 215.93, 57
F.S.; revising the subsystems of the Florida Financial 58
Management Information System; requiring certain 59
requests for records to be made to a specified entity; 60
prohibiting such requests from being made to the 61
functional owner of the subsystem; providing an 62
exception; amending s. 215.94, F.S.; providing that 63
the department is the functional owner of the 64
Financial Management Subsystem; revising the functions 65
of such subsystem; amending s. 215.96, F.S.; revising 66
the composition of the coordinating council; deleting 67
a requirement for the design and coordination staff; 68
requiring minutes of meetings to be available to 69
interested persons; revising the composition of ex 70
officio members of the council; revising the duties, 71
powers, and responsibilities of the council; amending 72
ss. 215.985, 216.102, and 216.141, F.S.; conforming 73
provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 74
440.13, F.S.; revising the timeframe in which health 75

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care providers must petition the department to resolve 76
utilization and reimbursement disputes; revising 77
petition service requirements; revising the timeframe 78
in which the panel determining the statewide schedule 79
of maximum reimbursement allowances must