House Bill 515 (2015) - The Florida Senate

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CS/CS/HB 515: Physical Therapy

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Health Quality Subcommittee ; Cummings ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Campbell ; Perry ; Rogers

Physical Therapy; Revising the definition of the term "practice of physical therapy"; providing that a licensed physical therapist who holds a specified doctoral degree may use specified letters in connection with her or his name or place of business; prohibiting a physical therapist with a specified doctoral degree from using the title "doctor" without informing the public of his or her profession as a physical therapist; prohibiting an unlicensed person from using specified letters, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2015
Last Action: 5/1/2015 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: PDF

Senate Committee References:

Health Policy (HP)
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
Fiscal Policy (FP)

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Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
1/27/2015	House	• Filed
2/5/2015	House	• Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 43
3/3/2015	House	• Introduced -HJ 43
3/10/2015	House	• On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 03/12/15, 9:00 am, 306 HOB
3/12/2015	House	• CS by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 3 -HJ 236
3/16/2015	House	• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c) • CS by Health Quality Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 233
3/17/2015	House	• Original reference(s) removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee • CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 249 • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 249
3/30/2015	House	• On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 04/01/15, 8:30 am, Morris Hall
4/1/2015	House	• CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 12 NAYS 4 -HJ 440
4/3/2015	House	• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c) • CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 433
4/6/2015	House	• Placed on Calendar -HJ 440
4/22/2015	House	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/15
4/24/2015	House	• Read 2nd time -HJ 825 • Amendment(s) adopted (793381) -HJ 826 • Read 3rd time -HJ 826 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 112 NAYS 4 -HJ 826
4/24/2015	Senate	• In Messages
4/27/2015	Senate	• Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy -SJ 682 • Received -SJ 682
5/1/2015	Senate	• Died in Health Policy

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CS/CS/HB 515, Engrossed 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/24/2015 at 5:42 PM

Bill Text:	PDF

Analyses:	None

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
S 710 (c1)	Physical Therapy	Grimsley	Compare	Last Action: 5/1/2015 S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Location: In committee/council (AHS)

Citations - Statutes (4)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
486.021	Definitions.	Page 1 (pdf)
486.081	Physical therapist; issuance of license without examination to person passing examination of another authorized examining board; fee.	Page 3 (pdf)
486.135	False representation of licensure, or willful misrepresentation or fraudulent representation to obtain license, unlawful.	Page 4 (pdf)
486.151	Prohibited acts; penalty.	Page 5 (pdf)

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CS/CS/HB 515, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 4/3/2015 at 3:29 PM

Bill Text:	PDF

Analyses:	None

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
S 710 (c1)	Physical Therapy	Grimsley	Similar	Last Action: 5/1/2015 S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Location: In committee/council (AHS)

Floor Amendments (2)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
793381 - Strike All Amendment Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Cummings	4/23/2015 10:21 AM	House: Adopted as Amended 4/24/2015	PDF
226817 - Amendment to Amendment (793381) Remove lines 35-37 of the amendment and insert:	Cummings	4/23/2015 2:57 PM	House: Adopted 4/24/2015	PDF

Floor Votes (1)

Date	Chamber	Result
4/24/2015 3:19 PM	House	112 Yeas - 4 Nays

Citations - Statutes (3)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
486.021	Definitions.	Page 1 (pdf)
486.081	Physical therapist; issuance of license without examination to person passing examination of another authorized examining board; fee.	Page 3 (pdf)
486.135	False representation of licensure, or willful misrepresentation or fraudulent representation to obtain license, unlawful.	Page 4 (pdf)

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CS/HB 515, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/16/2015 at 11:26 AM

Bill Text:	PDF

Analyses:	Health and Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/3/2015 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
S 710	Physical Therapy Practice	Grimsley	Compare	Last Action: 5/1/2015 S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Location: In committee/council (AHS)

Committee Amendments (2)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
951359 - Strike All Amendment Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Cummings	3/31/2015 7:44 PM	Adopted 4/1/2015	PDF
665099 - Amendment to Amendment (951359) Remove line 36 of the amendment and insert:	Renuart	3/31/2015 7:48 PM	Failed to Adopt 4/1/2015	PDF

Citations - Statutes (1)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
486.021	Definitions.	Page 1 (pdf)

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HB 515, Original Filed Version Posted 1/27/2015 at 11:12 AM

Bill Text:	PDF

Analyses:	Health Quality Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 3/16/2015 (pdf)

Related Bills (1)

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
S 710	Physical Therapy Practice	Grimsley	Compare	Last Action: 5/1/2015 S Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Location: In committee/council (AHS)

Committee Amendments (6)

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
585585 - Strike All Amendment Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Cummings	3/11/2015 6:54 PM	Adopted as Amended 3/13/2015	PDF
418047 - Amendment to Amendment (585585) Remove lines 27-32 of the amendment and insert:	Hutson	3/11/2015 8:17 PM	Adopted 3/13/2015	PDF
180587 - Amendment to Amendment (585585) Remove lines 41-42 of the amendment and insert:	Gaetz	3/12/2015 3:51 PM	Adopted 3/13/2015	PDF
037307 - Amendment to Amendment (585585) Remove line 75 of the amendment and insert:	Gaetz	3/12/2015 3:44 PM	Withdrawn Prior to Consideration 3/13/2015	PDF
875295 - Amendment to Amendment (585585) Remove line 75 of the amendment and insert:	Gonzalez	3/13/2015 1:05 PM	Adopted 3/13/2015	PDF
814427 - Amendment to Amendment (585585) Remove line(s) 105-157 of the amendment	Gaetz	3/12/2015 3:48 PM	Adopted 3/13/2015	PDF

Citations - Statutes (4)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
486.021	Definitions.	Page 1 (pdf)
486.025	Powers and duties of the Board of Physical Therapy Practice.	Page 5 (pdf)
486.081	Physical therapist; issuance of license without examination to person passing examination of another authorized examining board; fee.	Page 6 (pdf)
486.135	False representation of licensure, or willful misrepresentation or fraudulent representation to obtain license, unlawful.	Page 7 (pdf)

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