Under Florida law, private employers have the option to purchase voluntary Paid Family Leave insurance to provide paid, job-protected time off for their employees. If your employer chooses to purchase a plan with this coverage, you can access paid leave to manage a "qualifying exigency" arising from your family member’s activation. This paid time off can be used for deployment-related preparations, such as arranging urgent military childcare, making financial or legal preparations, or attending official military events. Because this program is entirely voluntary, you should ask your employer’s HR department if they have purchased a paid family leave policy that includes military exigency coverage.

This bill exempts Department of Defense and United States Coast Guard Family Child Care (FCC) providers that reside off a military installation in Florida from the requirement to have a Florida childcare license if the provider is only caring for military-connected children.

The mission of the task force is to make recommendations to preserve and protect military installations to support the state’s position in research and development related to or arising out of military missions and contracting, and to improve the state’s military-friendly environment for servicemembers, military dependents, military retirees, and businesses that bring military and base-related jobs to the state. The task force shall be comprised of the Governor or his or her designee, and 12 members...[which] must represent defense-related industries or communities that host military bases and installations. This body includes members of the military community ensuring unique operational requirements and military family issues are considered across pertinent policy areas.