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S0456 - Self-service Storage Facility Liens
Judiciary, Gayle B. Harrell
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Revising written notice requirements relating to the satisfaction of an owner's lien; revising publication requirements relating to advertising the sale or other disposition of self-service storage facilities; requiring that rental agreements authorize tenants to designate an optional alternate contact for purposes of providing specified notice; requiring rental agreements to include a warning that states, if the property is advertised for sale or other disposition, a description of the property will be published in the advertisement, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0446 - Supported Decisionmaking Authority
Corey Simon, Gayle B. Harrell
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Requiring a circuit court to consider certain needs and abilities of a person with a developmental disability when determining whether to appoint a guardian advocate; defining the term "supported decisionmaking agreement"; prohibiting such agreement from acting as a durable power of attorney; requiring a petition to determine incapacity of a person to include specified information relating to the alleged incapacitated person's use of assistance, etc.
STATUS
Introduced
S1340 - Coordinated Systems of Care for Children
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Gayle B. Harrell
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Defining the term "care coordinator"; requiring certain school districts to be guided by and adhere to a specified mental health and treatment support system for certain children; requiring school districts to contract with managing entities to provide care coordinators for certain students; requiring school districts to address certain recommendations, and meet specified performance outcomes, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S1112 - Health Care Practitioner Titles and Designations
Health Policy, Gayle B. Harrell
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Providing that, for specified purposes, the use of specified titles or designations in connection with one's name constitutes the practice of medicine or the practice of osteopathic medicine; revising grounds for disciplinary action relating to a practitioner's use of such titles or designations in identifying himself or herself to patients or in advertisements for health care services; requiring certain health care practitioners to prominently display a copy of their license in a conspicuous area of their practice, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0306 - Placement of Surrendered Newborn Infants
Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Gayle B. Harrell
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Defining the term "community-based care lead agency"; requiring community-based care lead agencies to establish and maintain a specified registry; prohibiting the community-based care lead agency from transferring certain costs to prospective adoptive parents; requiring licensed child-placing agencies that take custody of surrendered newborn infants to report certain information; providing requirements for the hospital once it takes physical custody of a surrendered newborn infant, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0584 - Health Care Services
Gayle B. Harrell
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting a health plan from declining to participate in a certain process; requiring a health plan to pay a claimant the amount provided in the Agency for Health Care Administration's final order within a specified timeframe; providing a financial penalty for failure to comply; requiring the agency to notify the appropriate licensure or certification entity under certain circumstances, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S7018 - Health Care Innovation
Health Policy, Gayle B. Harrell
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creating the Health Care Innovation Council within the Department of Health for a specified purpose; requiring the council to submit annual reports to the Governor and the Legislature; requiring the department to administer a revolving loan program for applicants seeking to implement certain health care innovations in this state; authorizing the department to contract with a third party to administer the program, including loan servicing, and manage the revolving loan fund, etc.
STATUS
Passed
S1418 - Pediatric Care in Hospital Emergency Departments
Gayle B. Harrell
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requiring hospital emergency departments to develop and implement policies and procedures, conduct training, record weights in a certain manner, designate a pediatric emergency care coordinator, and conduct specified assessments; requiring each hospital emergency department to submit a specified report to the Agency for Health Care Administration by specified dates; requiring the agency to adopt certain rules for comprehensive emergency management plans, and, in consultation with the Florida Emergency Medical Services for Children State Partnership Program, establish minimum standards for pediatric patient care in hospital emergency departments, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0798 - Health Care Patient Protection
Gayle B. Harrell
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Adding additional disqualifying offenses to background screening requirements for certain persons in health care practice settings; defining the term "memory care provider"; requiring memory care providers to employ specified practices in the provision of memory care services; adding additional disqualifying offenses to level 2 background screening standards, etc.
STATUS
Failed
S0892 - Dental Insurance Claims
Banking and Insurance, Fiscal Policy, Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
Last updated 4 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Prohibiting a contract between a health insurer and a dentist from containing certain restrictions on payment methods; prohibiting a health insurer from charging a fee to transmit a payment to a dentist through Automated Clearing House (ACH) transfer unless the dentist has consented to such fee; prohibiting a health insurer from denying claims for procedures included in a prior authorization; prohibiting a contract between a prepaid limited health service organization and a dentist from containing certain restrictions on payment methods, etc.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Florida district SD-031
COMMITTEES
Florida Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Gayle B. Harrell was born in Stuart, Florida. She earned her B.A. degree in Psychology from Florida State University in 1972. Harrell was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2008 and served there until 2016. In 2016, Harrell was elected to the Florida State Senate representing District 25. She currently serves on several committees including Appropriations, Finance and Tax, Health Policy, and Joint Legislative Auditing.read less
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Florida Senate from Florida
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