FL H1081

Requires counties to identify critical facilities (emergency management, health care, public shelters, utilities, communications, government, and military infrastructure) in emergency management plans and directs electric utilities to prioritize service restoration to those facilities following interruptions.

Expands medically essential electric service protections to include physicians, physician assistants, and advanced registered nurse practitioners as eligible certifiers; requires utilities to post certification information on websites and provide written explanations to customers at account opening and semiannually.

Establishes a standard certification form requiring health care practitioner verification that electric-powered equipment is medically necessary; limits certifications to 60 months and requires recertification at expiration or every 12 months, whichever is later.

Requires utilities to provide notification of scheduled disconnections no later than 15 days and again 7 days prior to disconnection (or 24 hours before if unable to reach customer), and mandates in-person contact attempts 2-4 p.m. the business day before disconnection.

Requires health care practitioners to inform patients of medically essential service certification rights and provide completed medical certifications upon patient request using utility-adopted standard forms.