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Provides & revises requirements for preplanned adoption agreements, surrogacy contracts, & informed consent; requires security background investigations of specified parties; requires donor banks, fertility clinics, & surrogacy agencies to be licensed or certified; requires certain entities & persons to develop best practice policies & submit such policies to specified entity; requires specified material be labeled & records maintained for specified timeframe; requires AHCA & DCF to conduct annual inspections; provides for administrative penalties & corrective action plans; requires certain parties undergo mental & medical evaluations; requires surrogacy agencies maintain escrow accounts & provides requirements for such accounts & escrow agents; requires DCF maintain list of certified surrogacy agencies; authorizes certain parties to petition court to validate surrogacy contract & for expedited affirmation of parental status; authorizes deletion of certain names from certain court documents; requires certain notice; provides requirements if court denies affirmation of parentage; requires AHCA, DOH, & DCF to adopt rules.