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<br /> <br />HB 301 2025 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. <br />hb301-00 <br />Page 48 of 80 <br />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 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />reference thereto, subsection (3) of section 455.221, Florida 1176 <br />Statutes, is reenacted to read: 1177 <br /> 455.221 Legal and investigative services.— 1178 <br /> (3) Any person retained by the department under contract 1179 <br />to review materials, make site visits, or provide expert 1180 <br />testimony regarding any complaint or application filed with the 1181 <br />department relating to a profession under the jurisdiction of 1182 <br />the department shall be considered an agent of the department in 1183 <br />determining the state insurance coverage and sovereign immunity 1184 <br />protection applicability of ss. 284.31 and 768.28. 1185 <br /> Section 31. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 1186 <br />made by this act to section 768.28, Florida Statutes, in a 1187 <br />reference thereto, subsection (5) of section 455.32, Florida 1188 <br />Statutes, is reenacted to read: 1189 <br /> 455.32 Management Privatization Act.— 1190 <br /> (5) Any such corporation may hire staff as necessary to 1191 <br />carry out its functions. Such staff are not public employees for 1192 <br />the purposes of chapter 110 or chapter 112, except that the 1193 <br />board of directors and the employees of the corporation are 1194 <br />subject to the provisions of s. 112.061 and part III of chapter 1195 <br />112. The provisions of s. 768.28 apply to each such corporation, 1196 <br />which is deemed to be a corporation primarily acting as an 1197 <br />instrumentality of the state but which is not an agency within 1198 <br />the meaning of s. 20.03(1). 1199 <br /> Section 32. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment 1200