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SB 1602: Health Care Patient Protection

GENERAL BILL by Harrell

Health Care Patient Protection; Requiring hospital emergency departments to develop and implement policies and procedures, conduct training, record weights in a certain manner, designate a pediatric emergency care coordinator, and conduct specified assessments; requiring the agency to adopt certain rules for comprehensive emergency management plans, and, in consultation with the Florida Emergency Medical Services for Children State Partnership Program, establish minimum standards for pediatric patient care in hospital emergency departments; requiring the agency to collect and publish the results of specified assessments submitted by hospitals by specified dates, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
 Last Action: 4/1/2025 Senate - CS by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/27/2025 Senate • Filed
    3/6/2025 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
    3/10/2025 Senate • Introduced
    3/27/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
    4/1/2025 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0

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  • SB 1602, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/27/2025 at 3:45 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/31/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1119 (c1) Health Care Patient Protection Oliver Similar Last Action: 3/26/2025 H Added to Second Reading Calendar Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    722464 - Amendment
    Delete lines 55 - 110 and insert:     		Health Policy
    (Harrell)     		3/31/2025
    10:13 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/1/2025     		Web Page
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    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    395.1012 Patient safety. Page 1 (pdf)
    395.1055 Rules and enforcement. Page 3 (pdf)
    408.05 Florida Center for Health Information and Transparency. Page 4 (pdf)

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