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CS/SB 178: Quality Health Care Services

GENERAL BILL by Health Policy ; Bean ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Gaetz

Quality Health Care Services; Requiring the Office of Economic and Demographic Research and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to complete a periodic analysis of the medical tourism marketing plan; requiring Enterprise Florida, Inc., to market this state as a health care destination in collaboration with the Department of Economic Opportunity; extending sovereign immunity to include employees or agents of a health care provider that executes a contract with a governmental contractor, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2016
Last Action: 3/11/2016 Senate - Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 423 (Ch. 2016-224)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
8/25/2015 Senate • Filed
9/9/2015 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Banking and Insurance; Appropriations -SJ 16
11/23/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 12/01/15, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
12/1/2015 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 127
12/2/2015 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
12/3/2015 Senate • Original reference(s) removed: Banking and Insurance
• Remaining references corrected to Appropriations -SJ 123
• Now in Appropriations
1/12/2016 Senate • Introduced -SJ 16
• CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 108
3/11/2016 Senate • Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 423 (Ch. 2016-224)