The Florida Senate

HB 773: Medically Essential Electric Utility Service

GENERAL BILL by Maggard

Medically Essential Electric Utility Service; Specifies that fact that certain electric utilities must provide medically essential electric service does not require them to otherwise be regulated by PSC; provides notification requirements for electric utilities relating to certification process for obtaining medically essential electric service & service disconnection; provides certification requirements for customers; specifies duties of electric utilities; revises penalties for falsification of such certification; requires certain health care practitioners to inform certain patients of such certification process; requires such practitioners to provide patients with completed medical certifications & document certification.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  11/25/2019	House	• Filed
  12/16/2019	House	• Referred to Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee; Commerce Committee -HJ 65
  1/13/2020	House	• On Committee agenda-- Energy and Utilities Subcommittee, 01/15/20, 9:30 am, Webster Hall
  1/14/2020	House	• Introduced -HJ 65
  1/15/2020	House	• Favorable by Energy and Utilities Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 392 • Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 392
  1/28/2020	House	• On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 01/30/20, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
  1/30/2020	House	• Favorable by Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 472 • Now in Commerce Committee -HJ 472
  2/4/2020	House	• On Committee agenda-- Commerce Committee, 02/06/20, 9:00 am, Webster Hall
  2/6/2020	House	• Favorable by- Commerce Committee; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 -HJ 526 • Placed on Calendar -HJ 526
  2/13/2020	House	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/20
  2/19/2020	House	• Read 2nd time -HJ 588 • Placed on 3rd reading
  2/20/2020	House	• Read 3rd time -HJ 610 • Passed; YEAS 117 NAYS 0 -HJ 610
  2/26/2020	Senate	• In Messages
  2/27/2020	Senate	• Referred to Innovation, Industry, and Technology; Appropriations -SJ 365
  3/2/2020	Senate	• Received -SJ 365
  3/14/2020	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Innovation, Industry, and Technology

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• HB 773, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/25/2019 at 3:48 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Energy and Utilities Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/15/2020 (pdf) Health and Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) 1/30/2020 (pdf) Commerce Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/6/2020 (pdf)

  Floor Votes (1)

  Date	Chamber	Result
  2/20/2020 1:49 PM	House	117 Yeas - 0 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (3)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  366.11	Certain exemptions.	Page 2 (pdf)
  366.15	Medically essential electric public utility service.	Page 2 (pdf)
  456.45		Page 10 (pdf)

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