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CS/SB 744: Podiatric Medicine

GENERAL BILL by Health Policy ; Hooper ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gruters

Podiatric Medicine; Providing that a supervising physician may authorize a licensed physician assistant to perform services under the direction of a licensed podiatric physician under certain circumstances; defining the term “physician” to include podiatric physicians; authorizing the Board of Podiatric Medicine to require a specified number of continuing education hours related to the safe and effective prescribing of controlled substances as a condition for licensure renewal, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Appropriations
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    11/4/2019 Senate • Filed
    11/21/2019 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 57
    1/14/2020 Senate • Introduced -SJ 57
    1/30/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/04/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    2/4/2020 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 239
    2/5/2020 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    2/6/2020 Senate • CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 246
    2/10/2020 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
    2/13/2020 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/18/20, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    2/18/2020 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 326
    2/19/2020 Senate • Now in Appropriations
    3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Appropriations

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  • CS/SB 744, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/5/2020 at 10:51 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) 2/17/2020 (pdf)
    Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) 2/18/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 351 (c2) Podiatric Medicine Health Quality Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Health Policy

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/18/2020 4:00 PM Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    458.347 Physician assistants. Page 2 (pdf)
    458.3485 Medical assistant. Page 2 (pdf)
    459.022 Physician assistants. Page 2 (pdf)
    461.007 Renewal of license. Page 3 (pdf)
    461.0145 Page 3 (pdf)
    461.0155 Page 3 (pdf)
    624.27 Direct health care agreements; exemption from code. Page 4 (pdf)

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  • SB 744, Original Filed Version Posted 11/4/2019 at 2:06 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 2/3/2020 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 2/10/2020 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 351 (c2) Podiatric Medicine Health Quality Subcommittee Compare Last Action: 3/14/2020 S Died in Health Policy

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    970100 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
    Health Policy
    (Hooper)
    2/3/2020
    8:07 AM
    Replaced by Substitute Amendment
    2/4/2020
    Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 892450 - Substitute Amendment (Delete All) (970100)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:
    Health Policy
    (Hooper)
    2/4/2020
    7:56 AM
    (Late Filed)
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/4/2020
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/4/2020 9:00 AM Health Policy 10 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    458.347 Physician assistants. Page 2 (pdf)
    458.3485 Medical assistant. Page 4 (pdf)
    459.022 Physician assistants. Page 5 (pdf)
    461.007 Renewal of license. Page 8 (pdf)
    461.0145 Page 8 (pdf)
    461.0155 Page 9 (pdf)
    624.27 Direct health care agreements; exemption from code. Page 9 (pdf)

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