CS/CS/HB 975: Background Screenings and Certifications
GENERAL BILL by Health & Human Services Committee ; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee ; Trabulsy ; Bell ; Campbell ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Basabe ; Cassel ; Eskamani ; Garcia ; Joseph ; López, J. ; Lopez, V. ; Salzman ; Tant
Background Screenings and Certifications; Provides qualifications for person seeking certification as person with lived experience; requires continuum of care lead agencies to submit certain information to DCF for purposes of background screening; expands certain background screening requirements to apply to all health care practitioners; revises licensure, registration, or certification requirements for acupuncturists; optometrists; pharmacists; dentists; midwives; speech-language pathologists & audiologists; nursing home administrators; occupational therapists; respiratory therapists; dietitian/nutritionists; practitioners of orthotics, prosthetics, or pedorthics; electrologists; clinical laboratory personnel; medical physicists; genetic counselors; opticians; physical therapists; psychologists & school psychologists; clinical social workers, marriage & family therapists, & mental health counselors. APPROPRIATION: $250,000
Last Action: 6/17/2024 - Chapter No. 2024-243; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1600 (Ch. 2024-274), CS/SB 7016 (Ch. 2024-15)
Bill Text: PDF
- Fiscal Policy (FP)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 12/20/2023 | House |
• Filed |
| 1/5/2024 | House |
• Referred to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee • Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee |
| 1/9/2024 | House |
• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) |
| 1/12/2024 | House |
• Added to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee agenda |
| 1/17/2024 | House |
• Favorable by Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee • Reported out of Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee • Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee |
| 2/2/2024 | House |
• Added to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee agenda |
| 2/6/2024 | House |
• Favorable with CS by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee |
| 2/7/2024 | House |
• Reported out of Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) |
| 2/8/2024 | House |
• Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Health & Human Services Committee |
| 2/20/2024 | House |
• PCS added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda |
| 2/22/2024 | House |
• Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee • Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) |
| 2/23/2024 | House |
• Bill referred to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar |
| 2/26/2024 | House |
• Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/29/2024) |
| 2/29/2024 | House |
• Read 2nd time • Amendment 583751 adopted • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • CS passed as amended; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 |
| 2/29/2024 | Senate |
• In Messages • Referred to Fiscal Policy • Received |
| 3/6/2024 | Senate |
• Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy -SJ 868 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Substituted for SB 558 -SJ 869 • Read 2nd time -SJ 868 • Amendment(s) adopted (667080) -SJ 881 • Read 3rd time -SJ 881 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 -SJ 881 |
| 3/6/2024 | House |
• In Messages |
| 3/7/2024 | House |
• Added to Senate Message List • Amendment 667080 Concur • CS passed as amended; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled |
| 6/7/2024 |
• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor |
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| 6/14/2024 |
• Approved by Governor |
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| 6/17/2024 |
• Chapter No. 2024-243; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 1600 (Ch. 2024-274), CS/SB 7016 (Ch. 2024-15) |
358594 - Amendment to Amendment (639998)