Florida Senate - 2021 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 2006
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Appropriations (Burgess) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Subsection (8) is added to section 11.90,
6 Florida Statutes, to read:
7 11.90 Legislative Budget Commission.—
8 (8) The commission may convene to transfer unappropriated
9 surplus funds to the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund.
10 Section 2. Section 252.311, Florida Statutes, is amended to
11 read:
12 252.311 Legislative intent.—
13 (1) The Legislature finds and declares that the state is
14 vulnerable to a wide range of emergencies, including natural,
15 technological, and manmade disasters, all of which threaten the
16 life, health, and safety of its people; damage and destroy
17 property; disrupt services and everyday business and
18 recreational activities; and impede economic growth and
19 development. The Legislature further finds that this
20 vulnerability is exacerbated by the tremendous growth in the
21 state’s population, especially the growth in the number of
22 persons residing in coastal areas, in the elderly population, in
23 the number of seasonal vacationers, and in the number of persons
24 with special needs. This growth has greatly complicated the
25 state’s ability to coordinate its emergency management resources
26 and activities.
27 (2) It is the intent of the Legislature to reduce the
28 vulnerability of the people and property of this state; to
29 prepare for efficient evacuation and shelter of threatened or
30 affected persons; to provide for the rapid and orderly provision
31 of relief to persons and for the restoration of services and
32 property; to prepare for and efficiently respond to public
33 health emergencies; and to provide for the coordination of
34 activities relating to emergency preparedness, response,
35 recovery, and mitigation among and between agencies and
36 officials of this state, with similar agencies and officials of
37 other states, with local and federal governments, with
38 interstate organizations, and with the private sector.
39 (3) It is further the intent of the Legislature to promote
40 the state’s emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and
41 mitigation capabilities through enhanced coordination, long-term
42 planning, and adequate funding. State policy for responding to
43 disasters is to support local emergency response efforts. In the
44 case of a major or catastrophic disaster, however, the needs of
45 residents and communities will likely be greater than local
46 resources. In these situations, the state must be capable of
47 providing effective, coordinated, and timely support to
48 communities and the public. Therefore, the Legislature hereby
49 determines and declares that the provisions of this act fulfill
50 an important state interest.
51 (4) It is further the intent of the Legislature to minimize
52 the negative effects of an extended emergency, such as a
53 pandemic or another public health emergency. The Legislature
54 recognizes that there are significant negative impacts on
55 children and families associated with school closures during a
56 public health emergency such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The
57 Legislature also recognizes the significant negative impacts of
58 such emergencies on the economy due to business closures.
59 (5) It is further the intent of the Legislature that all
60 aspects of emergency preparedness, response, and recovery be
61 made transparent to the public to the greatest extent possible.
62 Section 3. Present subsections (9) and (10) of section
63 252.34, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (10)
64 and (12), respectively, and new subsections (9) and (11) are
65 added to that section, to read:
66 252.34 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term:
67 (9) “Personal protective equipment” means protective
68 clothing or equipment designed to protect an individual person
69 from injury or the spread of infection.
70 (11) “Public health emergency” means any occurrence, or
71 threat thereof, whether natural or manmade, which results or may
72 result in substantial injury or harm to the public health from
73 infectious disease, chemical agents, nuclear agents, biological
74 toxins, or situations involving mass casualties or natural
75 disasters, declared as a public health emergency as defined in
76 s. 381.00315.
77 Section 4. Subsection (2) of section 252.35, Florida
78 Statutes, is amended to read:
79 252.35 Emergency management powers; Division of Emergency
80 Management.—
81 (2) The division is responsible for carrying out the
82 provisions of ss. 252.31-252.90. In performing its duties, the
83 division shall:
84 (a) Prepare a state comprehensive emergency management
85 plan, which shall be integrated into and coordinated with the
86 emergency management plans and programs of the Federal
87 Government. The division shall must adopt the plan as a rule in
88 accordance with chapter 120. The plan must shall be implemented
89 by a continuous, integrated comprehensive emergency management
90 program. The plan must contain provisions to ensure that the
91 state is prepared for emergencies and minor, major, and
92 catastrophic disasters, and the division shall work closely with
93 local governments and agencies and organizations with emergency
94 management responsibilities in preparing and maintaining the
95 plan. The state comprehensive emergency management plan must
96 shall be operations oriented and:
97 1. Include an evacuation component that includes specific
98 regional and interregional planning provisions and promotes
99 intergovernmental coordination of evacuation activities. This
100 component must, at a minimum: contain guidelines for lifting
101 tolls on state highways; ensure coordination pertaining to
102 evacuees crossing county lines; set forth procedures for
103 directing people caught on evacuation routes to safe shelter;
104 establish strategies for ensuring sufficient, reasonably priced
105 fueling locations along evacuation routes; and establish
106 policies and strategies for emergency medical evacuations.
107 2. Include a shelter component that includes specific
108 regional and interregional planning provisions and promotes
109 coordination of shelter activities between the public, private,
110 and nonprofit sectors. This component must, at a minimum:
111 contain strategies to ensure the availability of adequate public
112 shelter space in each region of the state; establish strategies
113 for refuge-of-last-resort programs; provide strategies to assist
114 local emergency management efforts to ensure that adequate
115 staffing plans exist for all shelters, including medical and
116 security personnel; provide for a postdisaster communications
117 system for public shelters; establish model shelter guidelines
118 for operations, registration, inventory, power generation
119 capability, information management, and staffing; and set forth
120 policy guidance for sheltering people with special needs.
121 3. Include a postdisaster response and recovery component
122 that includes specific regional and interregional planning
123 provisions and promotes intergovernmental coordination of
124 postdisaster response and recovery activities. This component
125 must provide for postdisaster response and recovery strategies
126 according to whether a disaster is minor, major, or
127 catastrophic. The postdisaster response and recovery component
128 must, at a minimum: establish the structure of the state’s
129 postdisaster response and recovery organization; establish
130 procedures for activating the state’s plan; set forth policies
131 used to guide postdisaster response and recovery activities;
132 describe the chain of command during the postdisaster response
133 and recovery period; describe initial and continuous
134 postdisaster response and recovery actions; identify the roles
135 and responsibilities of each involved agency and organization;
136 provide for a comprehensive communications plan; establish
137 procedures for monitoring mutual aid agreements; provide for
138 rapid impact assessment teams; ensure the availability of an
139 effective statewide urban search and rescue program coordinated
140 with the fire services; ensure the existence of a comprehensive
141 statewide medical care and relief plan administered by the
142 Department of Health; and establish systems for coordinating
143 volunteers and accepting and distributing donated funds and
144 goods.
145 4. Include additional provisions addressing aspects of
146 preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation as determined
147 necessary by the division.
148 5. Address the need for coordinated and expeditious
149 deployment of state resources, including the Florida National
150 Guard. In the case of an imminent major disaster, procedures
151 should address predeployment of the Florida National Guard, and,
152 in the case of an imminent catastrophic disaster, procedures
153 should address predeployment of the Florida National Guard and
154 the United States Armed Forces.
155 6. Establish a system of communications and warning to
156 ensure that the state’s population and emergency management
157 agencies are warned of developing emergency situations,
158 including public health emergencies, and can communicate
159 emergency response decisions.
160 7. Establish guidelines and schedules for annual exercises
161 that evaluate the ability of the state and its political
162 subdivisions to respond to minor, major, and catastrophic
163 disasters and support local emergency management agencies. Such
164 exercises shall be coordinated with local governments and, to
165 the extent possible, the Federal Government.
166 8. Assign lead and support responsibilities to state
167 agencies and personnel for emergency support functions and other
168 support activities.
169 9. Include the public health emergency plan developed by
170 the Department of Health pursuant to s. 381.00315.
171
172 The complete state comprehensive emergency management plan must
173 shall be submitted to the President of the Senate, the Speaker
174 of the House of Representatives, and the Governor on February 1
175 of every even-numbered year.
176 (b) Adopt standards and requirements for county emergency
177 management plans. The standards and requirements must ensure
178 that county plans are coordinated and consistent with the state
179 comprehensive emergency management plan. If a municipality
180 elects to establish an emergency management program, it must
181 adopt a city emergency management plan that complies with all
182 standards and requirements applicable to county emergency
183 management plans.
184 (c) Assist political subdivisions in preparing and
185 maintaining emergency management plans.
186 (d) Review periodically political subdivision emergency
187 management plans for consistency with the state comprehensive
188 emergency management plan and standards and requirements adopted
189 under this section.
190 (e) Cooperate with the President, the heads of the Armed
191 Forces, the various federal emergency management agencies, the
192 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the officers and
193 agencies of other states in matters pertaining to emergency
194 management in the state and the nation and incidents thereof
195 and, in connection therewith, take any measures that it deems
196 proper to carry into effect any request of the President and the
197 appropriate federal officers and agencies for any emergency
198 management action, including the direction or control of:
199 1. Emergency management drills, tests, or exercises of
200 whatever nature.
201 2. Warnings and signals for tests and drills, attacks, or
202 other imminent emergencies or threats thereof and the mechanical
203 devices to be used in connection with such warnings and signals.
204 (f) Make recommendations to the Legislature, building code
205 organizations, and political subdivisions for zoning, building,
206 and other land use controls; safety measures for securing mobile
207 homes or other nonpermanent or semipermanent structures; and
208 other preparedness, prevention, and mitigation measures designed
209 to eliminate emergencies or reduce their impact.
210 (g) In accordance with the state comprehensive emergency
211 management plan and program for emergency management, ascertain
212 the requirements of the state and its political subdivisions for
213 equipment and supplies of all kinds in the event of an
214 emergency; plan for and either procure supplies, medicines,
215 materials, and equipment or enter into memoranda of agreement or
216 open purchase orders that will ensure their availability; and
217 use and employ from time to time any of the property, services,
218 and resources within the state in accordance with ss. 252.31
219 252.90.
220 (h) Anticipate trends and promote innovations that will
221 enhance the emergency management system.
222 (i) Institute statewide public awareness programs,
223 including. This shall include an intensive public educational
224 campaign on emergency preparedness issues. Such programs must
225 include, including, but need not be limited to, the personal
226 responsibility of individual residents citizens to be self
227 sufficient for up to 72 hours following a natural or manmade
228 disaster or a public health emergency. The public educational
229 campaign must shall include relevant information on public
230 health emergency mitigation, statewide disaster plans,
231 evacuation routes, fuel suppliers, and shelters. All educational
232 materials must be available in alternative formats and mediums
233 to ensure that they are available to persons with disabilities.
234 (j) In cooperation with the Department of Education,
235 coordinate with the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to
236 provide an educational outreach program on disaster preparedness
237 and readiness to individuals who have limited English skills and
238 identify persons who are in need of assistance but are not
239 defined under special-needs criteria.
240 (k) Prepare and distribute to appropriate state and local
241 officials catalogs of federal, state, and private assistance
242 programs.
243 (l) Coordinate federal, state, and local emergency
244 management activities and take all other steps, including the
245 partial or full mobilization of emergency management forces and
246 organizations in advance of an actual emergency, to ensure the
247 availability of adequately trained and equipped forces of
248 emergency management personnel before, during, and after
249 emergencies and disasters.
250 (m) Establish a schedule of fees that may be charged by
251 local emergency management agencies for review of emergency
252 management plans on behalf of external agencies and
253 institutions. In establishing such schedule, the division shall
254 consider facility size, review complexity, and other factors.
255 (n) Implement training programs to improve the ability of
256 state and local emergency management personnel to prepare and
257 implement emergency management plans and programs. This shall
258 include a continuous training program for agencies and
259 individuals that will be called on to perform key roles in state
260 and local postdisaster response and recovery efforts and for
261 local government personnel on federal and state postdisaster
262 response and recovery strategies and procedures.
263 (o) Review periodically emergency operating procedures of
264 state agencies and recommend revisions as needed to ensure
265 consistency with the state comprehensive emergency management
266 plan and program.
267 (p) Make such surveys of industries, resources, and
268 facilities within the state, both public and private, as are
269 necessary to carry out the purposes of ss. 252.31-252.90.
270 (q) Prepare, in advance whenever possible, such executive
271 orders, proclamations, and rules for issuance by the Governor as
272 are necessary or appropriate for coping with emergencies and
273 disasters.
274 (r) Cooperate with the Federal Government and any public or
275 private agency or entity in achieving any purpose of ss. 252.31
276 252.90 and in implementing programs for mitigation, preparation,
277 response, and recovery.
278 (s) Complete an inventory of portable generators owned by
279 the state and local governments which are capable of operating
280 during a major disaster. The inventory must identify, at a
281 minimum, the location of each generator, the number of
282 generators stored at each specific location, the agency to which
283 each generator belongs, the primary use of the generator by the
284 owner agency, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of
285 persons having the authority to loan the stored generators as
286 authorized by the division during a declared emergency.
287 (t) Maintain an inventory list of generators owned by the
288 state and local governments. In addition, the division may keep
289 a list of private entities, along with appropriate contact
290 information, which offer generators for sale or lease. The list
291 of private entities shall be available to the public for
292 inspection in written and electronic formats.
293 (u) Acquire and maintain a supply of personal protective
294 equipment owned by the state for use by state agencies and to
295 assist local government and the private sector in meeting safety
296 needs during a declared emergency. The division shall conduct
297 regular inventories of the supply, which must include
298 projections of the need for additional personal protective
299 equipment, as assessed by each governmental agency, to maintain
300 the supply and replace expired items. The division shall
301 maintain and replace the equipment on a standardized schedule
302 that recognizes equipment expiration and obsolescence. The
303 initial inventory must be reported by December 31, 2021, to the
304 Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House
305 of Representatives, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
306 and, thereafter, the inventory must be reported by each December
307 31 to those officers.
308 (v) Assist political subdivisions with the creation and
309 training of urban search and rescue teams and promote the
310 development and maintenance of a state urban search and rescue
311 program.
312 (w)(v) Delegate, as necessary and appropriate, authority
313 vested in it under ss. 252.31-252.90 and provide for the
314 subdelegation of such authority. The duration of each such
315 delegation or subdelegation during an emergency may not exceed
316 60 days; however a delegation or subdelegation may be renewed
317 during the emergency, as necessary.
318 (x)(w) Report biennially to the President of the Senate,
319 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Chief Justice
320 of the Supreme Court, and the Governor, no later than February 1
321 of every odd-numbered year, the status of the emergency
322 management capabilities of the state and its political
323 subdivisions. This report must include the emergency management
324 capabilities related to public health emergencies, as determined
325 in collaboration with the Department of Health.
326 (y)(x) In accordance with chapter 120, create, implement,
327 administer, adopt, amend, and rescind rules, programs, and plans
328 needed to carry out the provisions of ss. 252.31-252.90 with due
329 consideration for, and in cooperating with, the plans and
330 programs of the Federal Government. In addition, the division
331 may adopt rules in accordance with chapter 120 to administer and
332 distribute federal financial predisaster and postdisaster
333 assistance for prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response,
334 and recovery.
335 (z)(y) Do other things necessary, incidental, or
336 appropriate for the implementation of ss. 252.31-252.90.
337 Section 5. Subsection (2) of section 252.355, Florida
338 Statutes, is amended to read:
339 252.355 Registry of persons with special needs; notice;
340 registration program.—
341 (2) In order to ensure that all persons with special needs
342 may register, the division shall develop and maintain a special
343 needs shelter registration program. During a public health
344 emergency in which physical distancing is necessary, the
345 division must maintain information on special needs shelter
346 options that mitigate the threat of the spread of infectious
347 diseases The registration program must be developed by January
348 1, 2015, and fully implemented by March 1, 2015.
349 (a) The registration program shall include, at a minimum, a
350 uniform electronic registration form and a database for
351 uploading and storing submitted registration forms that may be
352 accessed by the appropriate local emergency management agency.
353 The link to the registration form shall be easily accessible on
354 each local emergency management agency’s website. Upon receipt
355 of a paper registration form, the local emergency management
356 agency shall enter the person’s registration information into
357 the database.
358 (b) To assist in identifying persons with special needs,
359 home health agencies, hospices, nurse registries, home medical
360 equipment providers, the Department of Children and Families,
361 the Department of Health, the Agency for Health Care
362 Administration, the Department of Education, the Agency for
363 Persons with Disabilities, the Department of Elderly Affairs,
364 and memory disorder clinics shall, and any physician licensed
365 under chapter 458 or chapter 459 and any pharmacy licensed under
366 chapter 465 may, annually provide registration information to
367 all of their special needs clients or their caregivers. The
368 division shall develop a brochure that provides information
369 regarding special needs shelter registration procedures. The
370 brochure must be easily accessible on the division’s website.
371 All appropriate agencies and community-based service providers,
372 including aging and disability resource centers, memory disorder
373 clinics, home health care providers, hospices, nurse registries,
374 and home medical equipment providers, shall, and any physician
375 licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 may, assist emergency
376 management agencies by annually registering persons with special
377 needs for special needs shelters, collecting registration
378 information for persons with special needs as part of the
379 program intake process, and establishing programs to educate
380 clients about the registration process and disaster preparedness
381 safety procedures. A client of a state-funded or federally
382 funded service program who has a physical, mental, or cognitive
383 impairment or sensory disability and who needs assistance in
384 evacuating, or when in a shelter, must register as a person with
385 special needs. The registration program shall give persons with
386 special needs the option of preauthorizing emergency response
387 personnel to enter their homes during search and rescue
388 operations if necessary to ensure their safety and welfare
389 following disasters.
390 (c) The division shall be the designated lead agency
391 responsible for community education and outreach to the public,
392 including special needs clients, regarding registration and
393 special needs shelters and general information regarding shelter
394 stays.
395 (d) On or before May 31 of each year, each electric utility
396 in the state shall annually notify residential customers in its
397 service area of the availability of the registration program
398 available through their local emergency management agency by:
399 1. An initial notification upon the activation of new
400 residential service with the electric utility, followed by one
401 annual notification between January 1 and May 31; or
402 2. Two separate annual notifications between January 1 and
403 May 31.
404
405 The notification may be made by any available means, including,
406 but not limited to, written, electronic, or verbal notification,
407 and may be made concurrently with any other notification to
408 residential customers required by law or rule.
409 Section 6. Subsection (5) of section 252.356, Florida
410 Statutes, is amended to read:
411 252.356 Emergency and disaster planning provisions to
412 assist persons with disabilities or limitations.—State agencies
413 that contract with providers for the care of persons with
414 disabilities or limitations that make such persons dependent
415 upon the care of others shall include emergency and disaster
416 planning provisions in such contracts at the time the contracts
417 are initiated or upon renewal. These provisions shall include,
418 but shall not be limited to:
419 (5) A procedure for providing the essential services the
420 organization currently provides to special needs clients in
421 preparation for, and during, and following, a disaster,
422 including, but not limited to, a public health emergency.
423 Section 7. Subsection (2) of section 252.359, Florida
424 Statutes, is amended to read:
425 252.359 Ensuring availability of emergency supplies.—
426 (2) As used in this section, the term “essentials” means
427 goods that are consumed or used as a direct result of a declared
428 emergency, or that are consumed or used to preserve, protect, or
429 sustain life, health, safety, or economic well-being. The term
430 includes, but is not limited to, personal protective equipment
431 used in the event of a public health emergency.
432 Section 8. Present subsections (3) through (10) of section
433 252.36, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4)
434 through (11), respectively, a new subsection (3) is added to
435 that section, and subsections (1) and (2) and paragraph (c) of
436 present subsection (5) of that section are amended, to read:
437 252.36 Emergency management powers of the Governor.—
438 (1)(a) The Governor is responsible for meeting the dangers
439 presented to this state and its people by emergencies. In the
440 event of an emergency beyond local control, the Governor, or, in
441 the Governor’s absence, her or his successor as provided by law,
442 may assume direct operational control over all or any part of
443 the emergency management functions within this state, and she or
444 he shall have the power through proper process of law to carry
445 out the provisions of this section. The Governor is authorized
446 to delegate such powers as she or he may deem prudent.
447 (b) Pursuant to the authority vested in her or him under
448 paragraph (a), the Governor may issue executive orders,
449 proclamations, and rules and may amend or rescind them. Such
450 executive orders, proclamations, and rules shall have the force
451 and effect of law. An executive order, a proclamation, or a rule
452 must be limited to a duration of not more than 60 days and may
453 be renewed as necessary during the duration of the emergency. If
454 renewed, the order, proclamation, or rule must specifically
455 state which provisions are being renewed.
456 (c) The Legislature intends that, during an extended public
457 health emergency, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, there should be
458 a presumption that K-12 public schools, to the greatest extent
459 possible, should remain open so long as the health and safety of
460 students and school personnel can be maintained by specific
461 public health mitigation strategies recommended by the Centers
462 for Disease Control and Prevention for educational settings. The
463 Legislature also intends that during such an event, there be a
464 presumption that businesses should remain open to the greatest
465 extent possible so long as the health and safety of employees
466 and customers can be reasonably protected by specific public
467 health mitigation strategies recommended by either the Centers
468 for Disease Control and Prevention or the Occupational Safety
469 and Health Administration, or both, as applicable.
470 1. If the Governor declares by executive order or
471 proclamation that the emergency requires closure of or
472 restricted in-person attendance at K-12 public schools, the
473 executive order or proclamation must contain specific reasons
474 for those determinations, and he or she must review and reassess
475 the situation regularly.
476 2. If the Governor declares by executive order or
477 proclamation that the emergency requires businesses to restrict
478 their operations or close, the executive order or proclamation
479 must contain specific reasons for those determinations, and he
480 or she must review and reassess the situation regularly.
481 (2) A state of emergency must shall be declared by
482 executive order or proclamation of the Governor if she or he
483 finds an emergency has occurred or that the occurrence or the
484 threat thereof is imminent. The state of emergency must shall
485 continue until the Governor finds that the threat or danger has
486 been dealt with to the extent that the emergency conditions no
487 longer exist and she or he terminates the state of emergency by
488 executive order or proclamation, but no state of emergency may
489 continue for longer than 60 days unless renewed by the Governor.
490 The Legislature by concurrent resolution may terminate a state
491 of emergency at any time. Thereupon, the Governor shall issue an
492 executive order or proclamation ending the state of emergency.
493 All executive orders or proclamations issued under this section
494 must shall indicate the nature of the emergency, the area or
495 areas threatened, and the conditions which have brought the
496 emergency about or which make possible its termination. An
497 executive order or proclamation must shall be promptly
498 disseminated by means calculated to bring its contents to the
499 attention of the general public; and, unless the circumstances
500 attendant upon the emergency prevent or impede such filing, the
501 order or proclamation must shall be filed promptly with the
502 Department of State, the President of the Senate and the Speaker
503 of the House of Representatives, and in the offices of the
504 county commissioners in the counties to which the order or
505 proclamation applies.
506 (3)(a) At any time, the Legislature, by concurrent
507 resolution, may terminate a state of emergency or any specific
508 order or directive thereunder. Upon such concurrent resolution,
509 the Governor shall issue an executive order or proclamation
510 consistent with the concurrent resolution.
511 (b) Notwithstanding s. 252.46(2), all emergency
512 declarations and orders, regardless of how titled, issued under
513 the authority of this part by the Governor or any agency,
514 whether by direct, delegated, or subdelegated authority, before,
515 during, or after a declared emergency, must be immediately filed
516 with the Division of Administrative Hearings. Failure to file
517 any such declaration or order with the division within 3 days
518 after issuance voids the declaration or order. The division
519 shall index all such declarations and orders and make them
520 available in searchable format on its website within 2 days of
521 filing. The searchable format must include, but is not limited
522 to, searches by term, referenced statutes, and rules and must
523 include a search category that specifically identifies emergency
524 orders in effect at any given time. A link to the division’s
525 index must be placed in a conspicuous location on the Division
526 of Emergency Management’s website. This subsection applies
527 retroactively to all executive emergency declarations and orders
528 in effect on the effective date of this act.
529 (6)(5) In addition to any other powers conferred upon the
530 Governor by law, she or he may:
531 (c) Transfer the direction, personnel, or functions of
532 state departments and agencies or units thereof for the purpose
533 of performing or facilitating emergency services. The transfer
534 of the direction, personnel, or functions of state departments
535 and agencies must be reported monthly on a cumulative basis to
536 the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
537 Representatives.
538 Section 9. Section 252.3611, Florida Statutes, is created
539 to read:
540 252.3611 Transparency; audits.—
541 (1) Each order, proclamation, or rule issued by the
542 Governor, the division, or any agency must specify the statute
543 or rule being amended or waived, if applicable, and the
544 expiration date for the order, proclamation, or rule.
545 (2) When the duration of an emergency exceeds 90 days:
546 (a) Within 72 hours of executing a contract executed with
547 moneys authorized for expenditure to support the response to the
548 declared state of emergency, the Governor shall submit a copy of
549 such contract to the Legislature. For contracts executed during
550 the first 90 days of the emergency, the Governor shall submit a
551 copy to the Legislature within the first 120 days of the
552 declared emergency.
553 (b) The Governor shall submit monthly reports to the
554 Legislature of all state expenditures, revenues received, and
555 funds transferred by an agency during the previous month to
556 support the declared state of emergency.
557 (3) Once an emergency exceeds 1 year, the Auditor General
558 shall conduct a financial audit of all associated expenditures
559 and a compliance audit of all associated contracts entered into
560 during the declared emergency. The Auditor General must update
561 the audit annually until the emergency is declared to be ended.
562 (4) Following the expiration or termination of a state of
563 emergency, the Auditor General shall conduct a financial audit
564 of all associated expenditures and a compliance audit of all
565 associated contracts entered into during the state of emergency.
566 Section 10. Subsection (3) of section 252.365, Florida
567 Statutes, is amended to read:
568 252.365 Emergency coordination officers; disaster
569 preparedness plans.—
570 (3) Emergency coordination officers shall ensure These
571 individuals shall be responsible for ensuring that each state
572 agency and facility, such as a prison, office building, or
573 university, has a disaster preparedness plan that is coordinated
574 with the applicable local emergency-management agency and
575 approved by the division.
576 (a) The disaster-preparedness plan must outline a
577 comprehensive and effective program to ensure continuity of
578 essential state functions under all circumstances, including,
579 but not limited to, a pandemic or other public health emergency.
580 The plan must identify a baseline of preparedness for a full
581 range of potential emergencies to establish a viable capability
582 to perform essential functions during any emergency or other
583 situation that disrupts normal operations. This baseline must
584 consider and include preparedness for rapid and large-scale
585 increases in the public’s need to access government services
586 through technology or other means during an emergency,
587 including, but not limited to, a public health emergency.
588 (b) The plan must include, at a minimum, the following
589 elements: identification of essential functions, programs, and
590 personnel; procedures to implement the plan and personnel
591 notification and accountability; delegations of authority and
592 lines of succession; identification of alternative facilities
593 and related infrastructure, including those for communications;
594 identification and protection of vital records and databases;
595 provisions regarding the availability of, and distribution plans
596 for, personal protective equipment; and schedules and procedures
597 for periodic tests, training, and exercises.
598 (c) The division shall develop and distribute guidelines
599 for developing and implementing the plan. By December 31, 2022,
600 each agency must update its plan to include provisions related
601 to preparation for pandemics and other public health emergencies
602 consistent with the plan developed pursuant to s. 381.00315.
603 Each agency plan must be updated as needed to remain consistent
604 with the state public health emergency management plan.
605 Section 11. Subsection (2) of section 252.37, Florida
606 Statutes, is amended, and subsection (7) is added to that
607 section, to read:
608 252.37 Financing.—
609 (2)(a) It is the legislative intent that the first recourse
610 be made to funds regularly appropriated to state and local
611 agencies. If the Governor finds that the demands placed upon
612 these funds in coping with a particular disaster declared by the
613 Governor as a state of emergency are unreasonably great, she or
614 he may make funds available by transferring and expending moneys
615 appropriated for other purposes or by transferring and expending
616 moneys from the Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund.
617 (b) If additional funds are needed, the Governor may make
618 funds available by transferring and expending moneys out of any
619 unappropriated surplus funds, or from the Budget Stabilization
620 Fund for transfers and expenditures directly related to the
621 declared disaster or emergency. Notice of such action, as
622 provided in s. 216.177, must be delivered at least 7 days before
623 the effective date of the action. If the President of the Senate
624 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives timely advise in
625 writing that they object to the transfer, the Governor must void
626 such action.
627 (c) Following the expiration or termination of the state of
628 emergency, the Governor may transfer moneys with a budget
629 amendment, subject to approval by the Legislative Budget
630 Commission, to satisfy the budget authority granted for such
631 emergency. The transfers and expenditures supporting the
632 amendment must be directly related to the declared disaster or
633 emergency.
634 (7) Before any expenditures are made, an agency or
635 political subdivision must submit a detailed spending plan for
636 any grants, gifts, loans, funds, payments, services, equipment,
637 supplies, or materials in aid of or for the purpose of emergency
638 prevention, management, mitigation, preparedness, response, or
639 recovery received under this section to the President of the
640 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
641 chairs of the legislative appropriations committees. If an
642 emergency situation precludes the advance submission of a
643 detailed spending plan, the plan must be submitted as soon as
644 practicable, but not later than 30 days after initiation of any
645 expenditures and continuing every 30 days for the duration of
646 the emergency and thereafter while funds continue to be
647 disbursed in response to the emergency.
648 Section 12. Subsections (1), (2), and (3) of section
649 252.385, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
650 252.385 Public shelter space.—
651 (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that this state not
652 have a deficit of safe public hurricane evacuation shelter space
653 in any region of the state by 1998 and thereafter.
654 (2)(a) The division shall administer a program to survey
655 existing schools, universities, community colleges, and other
656 state-owned, municipally owned, and county-owned public
657 buildings and any private facility that the owner, in writing,
658 agrees to provide for use as a public hurricane evacuation
659 shelter to identify those that are appropriately designed and
660 located to serve as such shelters. The owners of the facilities
661 must be given the opportunity to participate in the surveys. The
662 state university boards of trustees, district school boards,
663 community college boards of trustees, and the Department of
664 Education are responsible for coordinating and implementing the
665 survey of public schools, universities, and community colleges
666 with the division or the local emergency management agency.
667 (b) By January 31 of each even-numbered year, the division
668 shall prepare and submit a statewide emergency shelter plan to
669 the Governor and Cabinet for approval, subject to the
670 requirements for approval in s. 1013.37(2). The emergency
671 shelter plan must project, for each of the next 5 years, the
672 hurricane shelter needs of the state, including periods of time
673 during which a concurrent public health emergency may
674 necessitate more space for each individual to accommodate
675 physical distancing. In addition to information on the general
676 shelter needs throughout this state, the plan must shall
677 identify the general location and square footage of special
678 needs shelters, by regional planning council region, during the
679 next 5 years. The plan must shall also include information on
680 the availability of shelters that accept pets. The Department of
681 Health shall assist the division in determining the estimated
682 need for special needs shelter space and the adequacy of
683 facilities to meet the needs of persons with special needs based
684 on information from the registries of persons with special needs
685 and other information.
686 (3) The division shall annually provide to the President of
687 the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
688 Governor a list of facilities recommended to be retrofitted
689 using state funds. State funds should be maximized and targeted
690 to regional planning council regions with hurricane evacuation
691 shelter deficits. Retrofitting facilities in regions with public
692 hurricane evacuation shelter deficits shall be given first
693 priority and should be completed by 2003. All recommended
694 facilities should be retrofitted by 2008. The owner or lessee of
695 a public hurricane evacuation shelter that is included on the
696 list of facilities recommended for retrofitting is not required
697 to perform any recommended improvements.
698 Section 13. Subsection (1) of section 252.44, Florida
699 Statutes, is amended to read:
700 252.44 Emergency mitigation.—
701 (1) In addition to prevention measures included in the
702 state and local comprehensive emergency management plans, the
703 Governor shall consider on a continuing basis steps that could
704 be taken to mitigate the harmful consequences of emergencies. At
705 the Governor’s direction and pursuant to any other authority and
706 competence they have, state agencies, including, but not limited
707 to, those charged with responsibilities in connection with
708 protecting and maintaining the public health, flood plain
709 management, stream encroachment and flow regulation, weather
710 modification, fire prevention and control, air quality, public
711 works, land use and land use planning, and construction
712 standards, shall make studies of emergency-mitigation-related
713 matters. The Governor, from time to time, shall make such
714 recommendations to the Legislature, local governments, and other
715 appropriate public and private entities as may facilitate
716 measures for mitigation of the harmful consequences of
717 emergencies.
718 Section 14. Present subsection (3) of section 252.46,
719 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (4), new
720 subsection (3) is added to that section, and subsection (2) of
721 that section is amended, to read:
722 252.46 Orders and rules.—
723 (2) All orders and rules adopted by the division or any
724 political subdivision or other agency authorized by ss. 252.31
725 252.90 to make orders and rules have full force and effect of
726 law after adoption in accordance with the provisions of chapter
727 120 in the event of issuance by the division or any state agency
728 or, if adopted promulgated by a political subdivision of the
729 state or agency thereof, when filed in the office of the clerk
730 or recorder of the political subdivision or agency adopting
731 promulgating the same. Failure of a political subdivision to
732 file any such order or rule with the office of the clerk or
733 recorder within 3 days after issuance voids the declaration or
734 order. All existing laws, ordinances, and rules inconsistent
735 with the provisions of ss. 252.31-252.90, or any order or rule
736 issued under the authority of ss. 252.31-252.90, shall be
737 suspended during the period of time and to the extent that such
738 conflict exists.
739 (3) Emergency ordinances, declarations, and orders adopted
740 by a political subdivision under the authority of ss. 252.31
741 252.90, including those enacted by a municipality pursuant to s.
742 166.041(3)(b), must be available on a dedicated webpage
743 accessible through a conspicuous link on the political
744 subdivision’s homepage. The dedicated webpage must identify the
745 emergency ordinances, declarations, and orders currently in
746 effect. Each political subdivision adopting emergency
747 ordinances, declarations, or orders must provide the Division of
748 Emergency Management with the link to the political
749 subdivision’s dedicated webpage. The Division of Emergency
750 Management must include these links in an easily identifiable
751 format on its website.
752 Section 15. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
753 377.703, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
754 377.703 Additional functions of the Department of
755 Agriculture and Consumer Services.—
756 (2) DUTIES.—The department shall perform the following
757 functions, unless as otherwise provided, consistent with the
758 development of a state energy policy:
759 (a) The Division of Emergency Management is responsible for
760 the development of an energy emergency contingency plan to
761 respond to serious shortages of primary and secondary energy
762 sources. Upon a finding by the Governor, implementation of any
763 emergency program shall be upon order of the Governor that a
764 particular kind or type of fuel is, or that the occurrence of an
765 event which is reasonably expected within 30 days will make the
766 fuel, in short supply. The Division of Emergency Management
767 shall then respond by instituting the appropriate measures of
768 the contingency plan to meet the given emergency or energy
769 shortage. The Governor may utilize the provisions of s.
770 252.36(6) s. 252.36(5) to carry out any emergency actions
771 required by a serious shortage of energy sources.
772 Section 16. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and subsection
773 (2) of section 381.00315, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
774 381.00315 Public health advisories; public health
775 emergencies; isolation and quarantines.—The State Health Officer
776 is responsible for declaring public health emergencies, issuing
777 public health advisories, and ordering isolation or quarantines.
778 (1) As used in this section, the term:
779 (c) “Public health emergency” means any occurrence, or
780 threat thereof, whether natural or manmade, which results or may
781 result in substantial injury or harm to the public health from
782 infectious disease, chemical agents, nuclear agents, biological
783 toxins, or situations involving mass casualties or natural
784 disasters.
785 (2)(a) The department shall prepare and maintain a state
786 public health emergency management plan to serve as a
787 comprehensive guide to public health emergency response in this
788 state. The department shall develop the plan in collaboration
789 with the Division of Emergency Management, other executive
790 agencies with functions relevant to public health emergencies,
791 district medical examiners, and national and state public health
792 experts and ensure that it integrates and coordinates with the
793 public health emergency management plans and programs of the
794 Federal Government. The plan must address each element of public
795 health emergency planning and incorporate public health and
796 epidemiological best practices to ensure that the state is
797 prepared for every foreseeable public health emergency. The plan
798 must include an assessment of state and local public health
799 infrastructure, including information systems, physical plant,
800 commodities, and human resources, and an analysis of the
801 infrastructure necessary to achieve the level of readiness
802 proposed by the plan for short-term and long-term public
803 emergencies. Beginning July 1, 2022, the department shall submit
804 the plan to the Division of Emergency Management for inclusion
805 in the state comprehensive emergency management plan pursuant to
806 s. 252.35. The department shall review the plan after the
807 declared end of each public health emergency, and, in any event,
808 at least every five years, and update its terms as necessary to
809 ensure continuous planning.
810 (b) Before declaring a public health emergency, the State
811 Health Officer shall, to the extent possible, consult with the
812 Governor and shall notify the Chief of Domestic Security. The
813 declaration of a public health emergency shall continue until
814 the State Health Officer finds that the threat or danger has
815 been dealt with to the extent that the emergency conditions no
816 longer exist and he or she terminates the declaration. However,
817 a declaration of a public health emergency may not continue for
818 longer than 60 days unless the Governor concurs in the renewal
819 of the declaration.
820 (c) The State Health Officer, upon declaration of a public
821 health emergency, shall establish by order the method and
822 procedure for identifying and reporting cases and deaths
823 involving the infectious disease or other occurrence identified
824 as the basis for the declared public health emergency. The
825 method and procedure must be consistent with any standards
826 developed by the Federal Government specific to the declared
827 emergency or, if federal standards do not exist, must be
828 consistent with public health best practices as identified by
829 the State Health Officer. During the pendency of a public health
830 emergency, the department is the sole entity responsible for the
831 collection and official reporting and publication of cases and
832 deaths. The State Health Officer, by order or emergency rule,
833 may ensure necessary assistance from licensed health care
834 providers in carrying out this function and may request the
835 assistance of district medical examiners in performing this
836 function.
837 (d) The State Health Officer, upon declaration of a public
838 health emergency, may take actions that are necessary to protect
839 the public health. Such actions include, but are not limited to:
840 1. Directing manufacturers of prescription drugs or over
841 the-counter drugs who are permitted under chapter 499 and
842 wholesalers of prescription drugs located in this state who are
843 permitted under chapter 499 to give priority to the shipping of
844 specified drugs to pharmacies and health care providers within
845 geographic areas that have been identified by the State Health
846 Officer. The State Health Officer must identify the drugs to be
847 shipped. Manufacturers and wholesalers located in the state must
848 respond to the State Health Officer’s priority shipping
849 directive before shipping the specified drugs.
850 2. Notwithstanding chapters 465 and 499 and rules adopted
851 thereunder, directing pharmacists employed by the department to
852 compound bulk prescription drugs and provide these bulk
853 prescription drugs to physicians and nurses of county health
854 departments or any qualified person authorized by the State
855 Health Officer for administration to persons as part of a
856 prophylactic or treatment regimen.
857 3. Notwithstanding s. 456.036, temporarily reactivating the
858 inactive license of the following health care practitioners,
859 when such practitioners are needed to respond to the public
860 health emergency: physicians licensed under chapter 458 or
861 chapter 459; physician assistants licensed under chapter 458 or
862 chapter 459; licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, and
863 advanced practice registered nurses licensed under part I of
864 chapter 464; respiratory therapists licensed under part V of
865 chapter 468; and emergency medical technicians and paramedics
866 certified under part III of chapter 401. Only those health care
867 practitioners specified in this paragraph who possess an
868 unencumbered inactive license and who request that such license
869 be reactivated are eligible for reactivation. An inactive
870 license that is reactivated under this paragraph shall return to
871 inactive status when the public health emergency ends or before
872 the end of the public health emergency if the State Health
873 Officer determines that the health care practitioner is no
874 longer needed to provide services during the public health
875 emergency. Such licenses may only be reactivated for a period
876 not to exceed 90 days without meeting the requirements of s.
877 456.036 or chapter 401, as applicable.
878 4. Ordering an individual to be examined, tested,
879 vaccinated, treated, isolated, or quarantined for communicable
880 diseases that have significant morbidity or mortality and
881 present a severe danger to public health. Individuals who are
882 unable or unwilling to be examined, tested, vaccinated, or
883 treated for reasons of health, religion, or conscience may be
884 subjected to isolation or quarantine.
885 a. Examination, testing, vaccination, or treatment may be
886 performed by any qualified person authorized by the State Health
887 Officer.
888 b. If the individual poses a danger to the public health,
889 the State Health Officer may subject the individual to isolation
890 or quarantine. If there is no practical method to isolate or
891 quarantine the individual, the State Health Officer may use any
892 means necessary to vaccinate or treat the individual.
893 c. Any order of the State Health Officer given to
894 effectuate this paragraph is shall be immediately enforceable by
895 a law enforcement officer under s. 381.0012.
896 (e)(2) Individuals who assist the State Health Officer at
897 his or her request on a volunteer basis during a public health
898 emergency are entitled to the benefits specified in s.
899 110.504(2), (3), (4), and (5).
900 Section 17. Subsection (1) of section 406.11, Florida
901 Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (c) is added to subsection
902 (2) of that section, to read:
903 406.11 Examinations, investigations, and autopsies.—
904 (1) In any of the following circumstances involving the
905 death of a human being, the medical examiner of the district in
906 which the death occurred or the body was found shall determine
907 the cause of death and certify the death and shall, for that
908 purpose, make or perform have performed such examinations,
909 investigations, and autopsies as he or she deems shall deem
910 necessary or as shall be requested by the state attorney:
911 (a) When any person dies in this the state:
912 1. Of criminal violence.
913 2. By accident.
914 3. By suicide.
915 4. Suddenly, when in apparent good health.
916 5. Unattended by a practicing physician or other recognized
917 practitioner.
918 6. In any prison or penal institution.
919 7. In police custody.
920 8. In any suspicious or unusual circumstance.
921 9. By criminal abortion.
922 10. By poison.
923 11. By disease constituting a threat to public health.
924 12. By disease, injury, or toxic agent resulting from
925 employment.
926 (b) When a dead body is brought into this the state without
927 proper medical certification.
928 (c) When a body is to be cremated, dissected, or buried at
929 sea.
930 (2)
931 (c) A district medical examiner shall assist the State
932 Health Officer in identifying and reporting deaths upon a
933 request by the State Health Officer under s. 381.00315.
934 Section 18. For purposes of this act, all executive orders
935 issued pursuant to an emergency declaration by the Governor,
936 including through delegated or subdelegated authority, which are
937 issued more than 30 days before July 1, 2021, expire upon the
938 effective date of this act; however, an expired executive order
939 may be reissued for 30-day periods if the emergency conditions
940 persist, and if the reissued order states with specificity the
941 provisions being reissued.
942 Section 19. No later than September 30, 2021, the
943 Department of Business and Professional Regulation must review
944 all executive orders issued under its delegated authority during
945 the COVID-19 pandemic and make written recommendations to the
946 Legislature regarding any issues that should be codified in law.
947 Section 20. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.
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950 And the title is amended as follows:
951 Delete everything before the enacting clause
952 and insert:
953 A bill to be entitled
954 An act relating to emergency management; amending s.
955 11.90, F.S.; authorizing the Legislative Budget
956 Commission to convene to transfer certain funds to the
957 Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund; amending s.
958 252.311, F.S.; revising legislative intent with
959 respect to the State Emergency Management Act;
960 amending s. 252.34, F.S.; defining terms; amending s.
961 252.35, F.S.; requiring that the state comprehensive
962 emergency management plan provide for certain public
963 health emergency communications and include the
964 Department of Health’s public health emergency plan;
965 requiring the division to cooperate with the Centers
966 for Disease Control and Prevention; requiring
967 statewide awareness and education programs to include
968 education on public health emergency preparedness and
969 mitigation; requiring the division to complete and
970 maintain an inventory of personal protection
971 equipment; directing the division to submit a
972 specified annual report to the Governor, the
973 Legislature, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme
974 Court; providing limitations on the timeframe for
975 delegation of certain authorities by the division;
976 requiring the division to submit a specified biennial
977 report to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;
978 amending s. 252.355, F.S.; requiring the division to
979 maintain certain information on special needs options
980 during certain public health emergencies; deleting
981 obsolete language; amending s. 252.356, F.S.;
982 requiring state agencies that contract with providers
983 for the care of persons with certain disabilities or
984 limitations to include in such contracts a procedure
985 for providing essential services in preparation for,
986 during, and following public health emergencies;
987 amending s. 252.359, F.S.; redefining the term
988 “essentials” to include personal protective equipment
989 used during public health emergencies; amending s.
990 252.36, F.S.; limiting the duration of emergency
991 orders, proclamations, and rules issued by the
992 Governor; providing legislative intent; providing a
993 presumption that K-12 public schools should remain
994 open, if possible, during an extended public health
995 emergency; providing a presumption that businesses
996 should remain open, if possible, during an extended
997 public health emergency; requiring the Governor to
998 include specific reasons for closing or restricting
999 in-person attendance at K-12 public schools and for
1000 closing or restricting operations of businesses during
1001 an extended public health emergency; requiring the
1002 Governor to provide specific reasons if such schools
1003 or businesses are closed as part of an emergency
1004 declaration; requiring the Governor to regularly
1005 review and reassess any issued emergency declarations;
1006 requiring the Governor to provide notice of
1007 declarations of emergencies to the Legislature;
1008 expanding the Legislature’s authority to terminate
1009 states of emergency; requiring that all emergency
1010 declarations and orders be filed with the Division of
1011 Administrative Hearings within a specified timeframe;
1012 specifying that failure to timely file such
1013 declarations or orders results in their being voided;
1014 requiring the division to index and make such
1015 emergency orders available on its website within a
1016 specified timeframe; requiring such orders to be
1017 searchable by specified criteria; requiring that the
1018 Department of Emergency Management publish a link to
1019 the index on its website; providing for retroactive
1020 application; directing the Governor to report certain
1021 department and agency activities to the Legislature
1022 during a state of emergency; creating s. 252.3611,
1023 F.S.; requiring specified information to be included
1024 in orders, proclamations, and rules issued by the
1025 Governor, the division, or an agency; directing the
1026 Governor to submit specified contracts and reports to
1027 the Legislature; directing the Auditor General to
1028 conduct specified financial audits; amending s.
1029 252.365, F.S.; requiring that disaster preparedness
1030 plans of specified agencies address pandemics and
1031 public health emergencies and include certain
1032 increases in public access of government services and
1033 availability and distribution of personal protective
1034 equipment during an emergency; directing agencies to
1035 update disaster preparedness plans by a specified
1036 date; amending s. 252.37, F.S.; authorizing the
1037 Governor to transfer and expend moneys in the
1038 Emergency Preparedness and Response Fund and funds
1039 appropriated for other purposes; requiring certain
1040 notice and approval for the transfer and expenditure
1041 of specified funds; requiring state agencies and
1042 political subdivisions to submit a spending plan for
1043 certain emergency funds to the Legislature; amending
1044 s. 252.385, F.S.; requiring the division’s hurricane
1045 shelter plan to address hurricane shelter needs during
1046 public health emergencies; amending s. 252.44, F.S.;
1047 requiring emergency mitigation planning by state
1048 agencies to include agencies with jurisdiction over
1049 public health; amending s. 252.46, F.S.; providing
1050 that a failure by a political subdivision to file
1051 certain orders and rules with specified entities
1052 within a specified timeframe voids the issued order or
1053 rule; requiring that certain orders be available on a
1054 dedicated website; requiring the Division of Emergency
1055 Management to provide such links on its website in a
1056 specified format; amending s. 377.703, F.S.;
1057 conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 381.00315,
1058 F.S.; revising a definition; directing the Department
1059 of Health to develop a specified public health
1060 emergency plan; directing the State Health Officer to
1061 establish methods of reporting certain data;
1062 authorizing the State Health Officer to order and
1063 request assistance with specified duties; amending s.
1064 406.11, F.S.; requiring district medical examiners to
1065 certify deaths and to assist the State Health Officer
1066 with certain functions upon request; providing that
1067 any emergency orders issued before a specified date
1068 will expire but may be reissued if certain conditions
1069 exist and a certain requirement is met; requiring the
1070 Department of Business and Professional Regulation, by
1071 a specified date, to review all executive orders
1072 issued under its delegated authority during the COVID
1073 19 pandemic to make recommendations to the
1074 legislature; providing an effective date.