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CS/CS/HB 543: Regulation of Health Care Practitioners

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Health Innovation Subcommittee ; Pigman ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Hardemon ; Jenne

Regulation of Health Care Practitioners; Removing a provision that requires a joint committee to determine standards for the content of advanced registered nurse practitioner protocols; removing an obsolete qualification that is no longer sufficient to satisfy certain nursing certification requirements; requiring an advanced registered nurse practitioner to enter into a supervisory protocol with a physician under certain circumstances; authorizing the board to conduct certain onsite evaluations; requiring the Florida Center for Nursing to evaluate program-specific data for each approved nursing program and make an annual assessment of compliance by nursing programs with certain accreditation requirements; authorizing a pharmacist to administer specified medication by injection under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 6/23/2017
Last Action: 6/26/2017 - Chapter No. 2017-134
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/25/2017 House • Filed
2/6/2017 House • Referred to Health Innovation Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 71
2/15/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Innovation Subcommittee, 02/22/17, 3:30 pm, Mashburn Hall
2/22/2017 House • CS by Health Innovation Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -HJ 275
2/23/2017 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
2/28/2017 House • Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 269
3/7/2017 House • Introduced -HJ 71
• CS by Health Innovation Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 264
3/10/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/14/17, 8:00 am, Sumner Hall
3/14/2017 House • Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 369
• Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 369
3/21/2017 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 03/23/17, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
3/23/2017 House • CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -HJ 528
4/3/2017 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 526
4/4/2017 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 562
4/20/2017 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/17
4/25/2017 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 829
• Amendment(s) adopted (208377, 356095, 442471, 505601) -HJ 829, 831
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/26/2017 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 871, 872
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 118 NAYS 0 -HJ 872
4/26/2017 Senate • In Messages
4/30/2017 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Rules -SJ 605
5/1/2017 Senate • Received -SJ 605
5/3/2017 Senate • Withdrawn from Health Policy; Rules -SJ 745
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 745
• Substituted for CS/SB 328 -SJ 745
• Read 2nd time -SJ 745
• Amendment(s) adopted (323602) -SJ 746
• Placed on 3rd reading
5/4/2017 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 877
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 878
5/5/2017 House • In returning messages
• Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (323602) -HJ 1148, 1151
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 116 NAYS 1 -HJ 1151
• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1151
6/14/2017 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/23/2017 • Approved by Governor
6/26/2017 • Chapter No. 2017-134