From Mac Kemp:

Happy New Year! Hope you are all doing well. Session begins next week and it promises to be a very busy and controversial one. There are a few new bills and I am sure that some of the more divisive issues will wait until session has begun. I will introduce one new bill first then at the end of this email is a recap of where each bill is currently at in the process.

 

I have been told that the Governor's Office is focusing on redistricting and the budget this year, but that next year one of the targets is Special Risk Retirement with the state. His goal is to eliminate or diminish its impact to the retirement system. Something to put on the radar.

 

HB 1019/SB 1286 Treatment Programs for Impaired Professionals - This bill would add EMT's and Paramedics to the Impaired Practitioner Act under the Department of Professional Regulation (DBPR). It authorizes DBPR to place EMT's and Paramedics into a treatment program through MQA. The language seems confusion to me and I am not sure how it all works or the long term implications. I believe the intent is good.

 

http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=48284 

 

HB 241/CS/SB 450 Emergency Medical Services - This is the bill that changes the AIDS training requirements for EMS. This bill is moving nicely in both chambers through committee. It still has a long way to go, but the Florida Educators are doing a very good job keeping it moving. Thanks Danny Griffin for your efforts.

 

http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=47343

 

HB 443/SB 736 - School Wellness and Physical Education Policies - This bill requires CPR to be included in first aid training in schools. It does not require certification, just training.

 

http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=47601 

 

HB 1227 Certification of 911 Public Safety Telecommunicators - This bill allows certified law enforcement officers to fill in as a dispatcher if they take the state test and exempts them from all other requirements. This is a bad bill and as you all know, being certified in anything does not qualify them to be a dispatcher. There is currently no companion bill for this in the Senate.

 

http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=48491

 

HB 739/SB 1394/SB 1282 Automated External Defibrillators - This bill encourages the notification of public safety answering points of the presence of AED's by AED owners. It also provides other direction regarding AED use and policies.

 

http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=47989 

 

 

 

Bill Number

Bill Title


 

SB 184

Ocean Lifeguards
Last Event: 9/8/2011 2:55:29 PM - 09/08/11 S Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Budget

 

 

HB 165

Education and Training Opportunities for Public Employees
Last Event: 11/7/2011 2:37:04 PM - Withdrawn prior to introduction

 

 

HB 241

Emergency Medical Services
Last Event: 12/6/2011 4:39:44 PM - Now in Health & Human Services Committee

 

 

CS/SB 450

Emergency Medical Services
Last Event: 12/21/2011 1:57:06 PM - 12/21/11 S On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 01/12/12, 8:00 am, 412 Knott Building

 

 

SB 530

Education and Training Opportunities for Public Employees
Last Event: 12/8/2011 1:42:11 PM - 12/08/11 S Withdrawn prior to introduction

 

 

CS/HB 385

Health Care
Last Event: 1/3/2012 5:28:17 PM - Now in Judiciary Committee

 

 

HB 433

Infant Death
Last Event: 10/28/2011 3:36:34 PM - Now in Health & Human Services Quality Subcommittee

 

 

HB 863

Emergency Medical Services Training Programs in Pinellas County
Last Event: 12/15/2011 1:08:18 PM - Withdrawn prior to introduction

 

 

HB 1019

Treatment Programs for Impaired Professionals
Last Event: 12/28/2011 11:00:21 AM - Now in Health & Human Services Quality Subcommittee

 

 

SB 1286

Treatment Programs for Impaired Professionals
Last Event: 12/14/2011 12:21:10 PM - 12/14/11 S Filed

 

 

HB 1047

Ocean Lifeguards
Last Event: 12/28/2011 11:00:33 AM - Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee