Florida SB 1502: Health Care Expenses

Bill Text

1502 
My Safe Florida Home Program 
2026-01-08T10:26:21Z 
Defining the term “class A opening protection”; providing additional requirements for inspections provided through the program; providing additional requirements to receive a grant through a specified program; revising the list of improvements such grants may be used for; revising requirements of a certain report; requiring the Department of Financial Services to maintain an online dashboard that includes certain information, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1502 

 By Senator Truenow 

 13-01349-26 20261502__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to My Safe Florida Home Program; 
 3 amending s. 215.5586, F.S.; defining the term “class A 
 4 opening protection”; providing additional requirements 
 5 for inspections provided through the program; 
 6 providing additional requirements to receive a grant 
 7 through a specified program; revising the list of 
 8 improvements such grants may be used for; revising 
 9 requirements of a certain report; requiring the 
 10 Department of Financial Services to maintain an online 
 11 dashboard that includes certain information; requiring 
 12 the department to establish performance standards and 
 13 audit protocols for certain inspectors; providing an 
 14 effective date. 
 15 
 16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 17 
 18 Section 1. Present subsections (1) through (10) of section 
 19 215.5586, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsection (2) 
 20 through (11), respectively, a new subsection (1) is added to 
 21 that section, and present subsections (1), (2), and (10) of that 
 22 section are amended, to read: 
 23 215.5586 My Safe Florida Home Program.—There is established 
 24 within the Department of Financial Services the My Safe Florida 
 25 Home Program. The department shall provide fiscal 
 26 accountability, contract management, and strategic leadership 
 27 for the program, consistent with this section. This section does 
 28 not create an entitlement for property owners or obligate the 
 29 state in any way to fund the inspection or retrofitting of 
 30 residential property in this state. Implementation of this 
 31 program is subject to annual legislative appropriations. It is 
 32 the intent of the Legislature that, subject to the availability 
 33 of funds, the My Safe Florida Home Program provide licensed 
 34 inspectors to perform hurricane mitigation inspections of 
 35 eligible homes and grants to fund hurricane mitigation projects 
 36 on those homes. The department shall implement the program in 
 37 such a manner that the total amount of funding requested by 
 38 accepted applications, whether for inspections, grants, or other 
 39 services or assistance, does not exceed the total amount of 
 40 available funds. If, after applications are processed and 
 41 approved, funds remain available, the department may accept 
 42 applications up to the available amount. The program shall 
 43 develop and implement a comprehensive and coordinated approach 
 44 for hurricane damage mitigation pursuant to the requirements 
 45 provided in this section. 
 46 (1) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term “class A 
 47 opening protection” means all glazed openings are large missile 
 48 impact-rated, or protected by products that qualify as such, 
 49 and: 
 50 (a) All openings are protected at the highest applicable 
 51 level; 
 52 (b) Solid entry doors and garage doors are verified to be 
 53 wind and pressure rated; or 
 54 (c) Solid entry doors and garage doors cannot be identified 
 55 to be wind and pressure rated. 
 56 (2)(1) HURRICANE MITIGATION INSPECTIONS.— 
 57 (a) To be eligible for a hurricane mitigation inspection 
 58 under the program: 
 59 1. A home must be a single-family, detached residential 
 60 property or a townhouse as defined in s. 481.203; 
 61 2. A home must be site-built and owner-occupied; and 
 62 3. The homeowner must have been granted a homestead 
 63 exemption on the home under chapter 196. 
 64 (b)1. An application for a hurricane mitigation inspection 
 65 must contain a signed or electronically verified statement made 
 66 under penalty of perjury that the applicant has submitted only 
 67 one inspection application on the home or that the application 
 68 is allowed under subparagraph 2., and the application must have 
 69 documents attached which demonstrate that the applicant meets 
 70 the requirements of paragraph (a). 
 71 2. An applicant may submit a subsequent hurricane 
 72 mitigation inspection application for the same home only if: 
 73 a. The original hurricane mitigation inspection application 
 74 has been denied or withdrawn because of errors or omissions in 
 75 the application; 
 76 b. The original hurricane mitigation inspection application 
 77 was denied or withdrawn because the home did not meet the 
 78 eligibility criteria for an