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CS/SB 1506: Health Care

GENERAL BILL by Health Regulation ; Thrasher

Health Care; Authorizing the Board of Optometry to adopt rules for the administration and prescription of ocular pharmaceutical agents; requiring that a certified optometrist complete a course and subsequent examination on general and ocular pharmacology; prohibiting the board, the Department of Health, or the State Surgeon General from deleting an oral pharmaceutical agent listed in the statutory formulary; requiring that adverse incidents in the practice of optometry be reported to the Department of Health; revising the definition of the term “practitioner” to include certified optometrists for purposes of the Florida Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2012
 Last Action: 3/9/2012 Senate - Died in Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Regulation (HR)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations (BHA)
  4. Budget (BC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/5/2012 Senate • Filed
    1/17/2012 Senate • Referred to Health Regulation; Judiciary; Budget -SJ 215
    • Introduced -SJ 215
    2/6/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Regulation, 02/09/12, 1:15 pm, 412 Knott Building
    2/9/2012 Senate • CS by Health Regulation; YEAS 4 NAYS 3 -SJ 500
    2/13/2012 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Judiciary -SJ 500
    • CS by Health Regulation read 1st time -SJ 506
    2/14/2012 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 02/16/12, 10:30 am, 110 Senate Office Building
    2/16/2012 Senate • Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 5 NAYS 2 -SJ 523
    • Now in Budget -SJ 523
    2/21/2012 Senate • Subreferred to Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations -SJ 534
    • Now in Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations
    3/9/2012 Senate • Died in Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Appropriations

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  • CS/SB 1506, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/13/2012 at 9:27 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Judiciary (Pre-Meeting) 2/15/2012 (pdf)
    Judiciary (Post-Meeting) 2/16/2012 (pdf)

    Related Bills (6)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 261 Eye Health Care Caldwell Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Health and Human Services Quality Subcommittee
    Location: In committee/council (HSQS)     		Track This Bill
    H 385 (c3) Medical Malpractice Gaetz, Renuart Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Health and Human Services Committee
    Location: In committee/council (HHSC)     		Track This Bill
    S 718 Health Care Bennett Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Health Regulation
    Location: In committee/council (HR)     		Track This Bill
    S 788 Eye Health Care Bennett Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Health Regulation
    Location: In committee/council (HR)     		Track This Bill
    S 1014 Health Care Bennett Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Health Regulation
    Location: In committee/council (HR)     		Track This Bill
    S 1316 (c2) Health Care Gaetz Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 517 (Ch. 2012-61), CS/CS/HB 653 (Ch. 2012-64), CS/CS/CS/HB 711 (Ch. 2012-66), CS/CS/CS/HB 943 (Ch. 2012-73), CS/CS/CS/HB 1263 (Ch. 2012-184)
    Location: On Special Order Calendar     		Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/16/2012 10:30 AM Judiciary 5 Yeas - 2 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (16)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    463.002 Definitions. Page 4 (pdf)
    463.005 Authority of the board. Page 5 (pdf)
    463.0055 Administration and prescription of topical ocular pharmaceutical agents; committee. Page 5 (pdf)
    463.0057 Optometric faculty certificate. Page 9 (pdf)
    463.006 Licensure and certification by examination. Page 10 (pdf)
    463.0135 Standards of practice. Page 10 (pdf)
    463.014 Certain acts prohibited. Page 11 (pdf)
    463.0141 Page 12 (pdf)
    483.035 Clinical laboratories operated by practitioners for exclusive use; licensure and regulation. Page 13 (pdf)
    483.041 Definitions. Page 13-14 (pdf)
    483.181 Acceptance, collection, identification, and examination of specimens. Page 14 (pdf)
    766.102 Medical negligence; standards of recovery; expert witness. Page 14 (pdf)
    766.106 Notice before filing action for medical negligence; presuit screening period; offers for admission of liability and for arbitration; informal discovery; review. Page 15 (pdf)
    766.1091 Page 18 (pdf)
    893.02 Definitions. Page 18 (pdf)
    893.05 Practitioners and persons administering controlled substances in their absence. Page 19 (pdf)

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  • SB 1506, Original Filed Version Posted 1/5/2012 at 1:24 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Regulation (Pre-Meeting) 2/8/2012 (pdf)
    Health Regulation (Post-Meeting) 2/13/2012 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 385 (c2) Medical Malpractice Gaetz, Renuart Similar Last Action: 3/9/2012 H Died in Health and Human Services Committee
    Location: In committee/council (HHSC)     		Track This Bill
    S 614 Sovereign Immunity Bennett Compare Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Health Regulation
    Location: In committee/council (HR)     		Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (4)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    227268 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Health Regulation
    (Gaetz)     		2/8/2012
    1:30 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    2/9/2012     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 784708 - Amendment to Amendment (227268)
    Delete lines 406 - 422.     		Health Regulation
    (Diaz de la Portilla)     		2/9/2012
    11:51 AM     		Withdrawn
    2/9/2012     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 358292 - Substitute Amendment (Delete All) (227268)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Health Regulation
    (Garcia)     		2/9/2012
    10:54 AM     		Withdrawn
    2/9/2012     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 800732 - Amendment to Substitute Amendment (358292)
    Delete lines 387 - 403.     		Health Regulation
    (Diaz de la Portilla)     		2/9/2012
    11:15 AM     		Withdrawn
    2/9/2012     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    2/9/2012 1:15 PM Health Regulation 4 Yeas - 3 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    766.102 Medical negligence; standards of recovery; expert witness. Page 4 (pdf)
    766.106 Notice before filing action for medical negligence; presuit screening period; offers for admission of liability and for arbitration; informal discovery; review. Page 4-5 (pdf)
    768.28 Waiver of sovereign immunity in tort actions; recovery limits; limitation on attorney fees; statute of limitations; exclusions; indemnification; risk management programs. Page 7 (pdf)

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