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CS/HB 831: Electronic Prescribing

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Mariano ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Sprowls

Electronic Prescribing; Requiring certain health care practitioners to electronically generate and transmit prescriptions for medicinal drugs upon license renewal or by a specified date; authorizing the Department of Health, in consultation with the Board of Medicine, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, the Board of Podiatric Medicine, the Board of Dentistry, the Board of Nursing, and the Board of Optometry, to adopt rules; revising the authority for electronic prescribing software to display information regarding a payor's formulary under certain circumstances, etc.

Effective Date: 1/1/2020
Last Action: 6/18/2019 - Chapter No. 2019-112
Bill Text: PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/13/2019 House • Filed
2/20/2019 House • Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 87
3/1/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 03/05/19, 1:00 pm, Webster Hall
3/5/2019 House • Introduced -HJ 87
• Favorable by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 12 NAYS 1 -HJ 352
3/6/2019 House • Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 352
3/22/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 03/26/19, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall
3/26/2019 House • Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -HJ 537
3/27/2019 House • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 537
4/1/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 04/03/19, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
4/3/2019 House • CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 12 NAYS 2 -HJ 583
• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
4/4/2019 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 582
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/10/19
• CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 580
4/10/2019 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 609
• Placed on 3rd reading
4/11/2019 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 648
• CS passed; YEAS 111 NAYS 4 -HJ 649
4/18/2019 Senate • In Messages
• Referred to Health Policy; Rules -SJ 397
4/22/2019 Senate • Received -SJ 397
5/1/2019 Senate • Withdrawn from Health Policy; Rules -SJ 681
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1192 -SJ 681
• Read 2nd time -SJ 681
• Amendment(s) adopted (161690) -SJ 681
• Read 3rd time -SJ 685
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 685
5/1/2019 House • In returning messages
5/2/2019 House • Concurred in 1 amendment(s) (161690) -HJ 1139, 1142
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 104 NAYS 8 -HJ 1143
• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 1143
6/13/2019 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/18/2019 • Approved by Governor
• Chapter No. 2019-112