HB 211 — Courts

F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 211 2020 A bill to be entitled An act relating to courts;

providingauthorizing that a certain examination report related to annual guardianship plans may be prepared by a physician assistant or an advanced practice registered nurse to perform certain examinations and prepare certain reports under certain circumstances;

exemption from court- related fees and charges.— (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the clerk of the circuit court shall, upon request, provide access to public records without charge to the state attorney, public defender, guardian ad litem, public guardian, attorney ad litem, criminal conflict and civil regional counsel, and private court- appointed counsel paid by the state, and to authorized staff Pageacting 1on oftheir 3behalf. CODING:

The clerk of court may provide the Page 1 of 4 CODING:

hb0211-00hb0211-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 211 2020 actingrequested onpublic theirrecord behalf.in an electronic format in lieu of a paper format if the requesting entity is capable of accessing such public record electronically.

The clerk of court may provide the requested public record in an electronic format in lieu of a paper format if the requesting entity is capable of accessing such public record electronically.

SubsectionSection (2) of section 744.2008, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

744.2008 Costs of public guardian.— (2)(1) InAll anycosts proceeding for appointment of aadministration, publicincluding guardian,filing orfees, inshall anybe proceedingpaid involvingfrom the estatebudget of athe wardoffice forof whom a public guardianguardian. has been appointed guardian, the court shall may waive any court costs or filing fees.

SectionNo 3.costs of administration, including filing fees, shall be recovered from the assets or the income of the ward.

Paragraph(2) (b)In any proceeding for appointment of subsectiona (1)public guardian, or in any proceeding involving the estate of sectiona 744.3675,ward Floridafor Statutes,whom isa amendedpublic toguardian read:has been appointed guardian, the Page 2 of 4 CODING:

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hb0211-00hb0211-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HBCS/HB 211 2020 744.3675court Annualshall guardianshipmay plan.—Eachwaive guardianany of the person must file with the court ancosts annualor guardianshipfiling planfees. which updates information about the condition of the ward.

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Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 744.3675, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

744.3675 Annual guardianship plan.—Each guardian of the person must file with the court an annual guardianship plan which updates information about the condition of the ward.

If the guardian has requested thethat primarya physician to complete the evaluationexamination and prepare the report and the physician has delegated thethat responsibility, the examination may be performed and the report may be prepared and signed by a physician assistant acting pursuant to s.

458.347(4)(d)458.347(4)(h) or s.

459.022(4)(d),459.022(4)(g), or by an advanced practice registered nurse acting pursuant to s.

The report must contain an evaluation of the ward's condition and a statement of the currentPage level3 of capacity4 ofCODING: the ward.

Words stricken are deletions;

words underlined are additions.

hb0211-01-c1 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S CS/HB 211 2020 current level of capacity of the ward.

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