FL S1084

Creates s. 760.27, F.S., defining "emotional support animal" as an animal providing therapeutic emotional support without training and establishing protections against housing discrimination for persons with disabilities who need such animals

Prohibits housing providers from requiring extra compensation for emotional support animals but allows them to request documentation of disability and need when not readily apparent, including information from healthcare practitioners with personal knowledge

Specifies that emotional support animal registrations, certificates, or ID cards obtained from the Internet are not by themselves sufficient proof of disability or need for an accommodation

Establishes disciplinary grounds for healthcare practitioners who provide documentation supporting a person's need for an emotional support animal without having personal knowledge of the person's disability

Creates a second-degree misdemeanor offense for falsifying documentation or knowingly misrepresenting oneself as having a disability-related need for an emotional support animal, with penalties including 30 hours of community service