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CS/SB 408: Infectious Disease Elimination Pilot Program

GENERAL BILL by Health Policy ; Braynon ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Sobel ; Bullard ; Gibson ; Flores ; Garcia

Infectious Disease Elimination Pilot Program; Creating the “Miami-Dade Infectious Disease Elimination Act (IDEA)”; requiring the Department of Health to establish a sterile needle and syringe exchange pilot program in Miami-Dade County; providing that the distribution of needles and syringes under the pilot program is not a violation of the Florida Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act or any other law; providing conditions under which a pilot program staff member or participant may be prosecuted; prohibiting the collection of participant identifying information, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2014
Last Action: 5/2/2014 Senate - Died in returning Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  3. Rules (RC)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
11/18/2013 Senate • Filed
12/11/2013 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Criminal Justice; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 38
1/27/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/04/14, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2/4/2014 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 138
2/6/2014 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/10/2014 Senate • Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
• Remaining references corrected to Criminal Justice; Rules
• Now in Criminal Justice -SJ 138
• On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 02/17/14, 4:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
2/17/2014 Senate • Favorable by Criminal Justice; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 137
2/18/2014 Senate • Now in Rules -SJ 137
3/4/2014 Senate • Introduced -SJ 38
• CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 123
3/21/2014 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/26/14, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
3/26/2014 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 9 NAYS 1 -SJ 355
3/27/2014 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 355
4/23/2014 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/14
4/28/2014 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 739
• Amendment(s) adopted (173010) -SJ 739
• Ordered engrossed -SJ 739
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/29/2014 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 787
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 30 NAYS 10 -SJ 787
4/29/2014 House • In Messages
5/2/2014 House • Received -HJ 1006
• Read 2nd time -HJ 1006
• Amendment(s) adopted (827559) -HJ 1007
• Read 3rd time -HJ 1007
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 109 NAYS 8 -HJ 1008
5/2/2014 Senate • In returning messages
• Died in returning Messages