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CS/SB 1262: Public Health Emergency

GENERAL BILL by Health, Aging and Long-Term Care ; Brown-Waite

Public Health Emergency; revises rulemaking authority of Health Dept. re its power to impose quarantine, including requiring vaccination; specifies terms under which public health emergency is declared; provides for consultation for, notice, & duration of declaration of public health emergency; provides immunity from civil damages under Good Samaritan Act for actions taken in response to situations during declared emergency, etc. Amends 381.0011,.00315, 768.13.

Effective Date: 05/23/2002
Last Action: 5/23/2002 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2002-269
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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
1/14/2002	Senate	• Prefiled
1/24/2002	Senate	• Introduced, referred to Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; Governmental Oversight and Productivity; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00143
2/14/2002	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Select Committee on Public Security and Crisis Management, 02/19/02, 11:15 am, 412-K --Recommended, with 2 proposed amendments, for full committee consideration; Yeas 8 Nays 0 -SJ 00292
2/21/2002	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, 02/26/02, 2:00 pm, 110-S --Not considered
2/28/2002	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, 03/05/02, 1:00 pm, 110-S
3/5/2002	Senate	• CS by Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 00434; CS read first time on 03/06/02 -SJ 00439
3/6/2002	Senate	• Now in Governmental Oversight and Productivity -SJ 00435
3/14/2002	Senate	• Withdrawn from Governmental Oversight and Productivity; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00589; Placed on Calendar, on second reading
3/19/2002	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 01025; Read second time -SJ 00895; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00895; Ordered engrossed -SJ 00897
3/20/2002	Senate	• Read third time -SJ 01049; CS passed as amended; YEAS 34 NAYS 0 -SJ 01049
3/20/2002	House	• In Messages
3/22/2002	House	• Received -HJ 03153; Read second and third times -HJ 03153; CS passed; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 -HJ 03154
3/22/2002	Senate	• Ordered enrolled -SJ 02115
5/14/2002		• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
5/23/2002		• Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2002-269

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
S 1264 (e1)	Public Health Emergency	Brown-Waite	Identical	Last Action: 3/22/2002 H Died on Calendar, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1262 (Ch. 2002-269)
H 1579	Public Health	Green	Similar	Last Action: 3/22/2002 H Died in Council on Council for Healthy Communities, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to CS/SB 1262 (Ch. 2002-269)
H 507 (e2)	Emergencies & Disasters/Response	Farkas	Compare	Last Action: 3/22/2002 H In returning messages; Died in returning Messages, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 1405 (Ch. 2002-254), CS/SB 268 (Ch. 2002-195), CS/SB 1262 (Ch. 2002-269), CS/SB 2048 (Ch. 2002-35), HB 59-E (Ch. 2002-400)