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WEEK 2 of
SESSION 2022
Large Strategies'
Capitol Health Care Update
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The following health care bills received successful passage
in their listed committee this week.
Click on bill to review Legislative Staff Analysis.
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Emergency Medical Care and Treatment of Minors; Deleting the requirement that emergency medical care or treatment by physicians and emergency medical personnel without parental consent be provided only in specified settings, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
- Unanimous Support by Senate Judiciary
- Two Committees remain, Senate Health Policy and Senate Rules
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COVID-19-related Claims Against Health Care Providers; Extending the duration of liability protections from COVID-19-related claims against health care providers, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
- PASSED FULL Senate
- Vote 22-13
- Now in Messages to House of Representatives
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Senator Cruz
Living Organ Donors in Insurance Policies; Prohibiting insurers under specified policies from declining or limiting coverages and discriminating against persons based solely on their status as living organ donors, and from precluding insureds from donating organs; authorizing the Financial Services Commission to adopt rules and take actions to enforce specified laws, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
- Favorable by Banking & Insurance
- 2 committee stops remaining, Senate Health Policy & Senate Rules
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Senator Harrell
Substance Abuse Service Providers; Requiring service provider applicants to include the names and locations of certain recovery residences in their license application; requiring service providers to record specified information in the Department of Children and Families’ Provider Licensure and Designations System after a specified date; providing civil penalties; prohibiting certified recovery residence administrators from actively managing more than a specified number of residents; requiring service providers to return an individual’s personal effects upon the individual’s discharge; providing an effective date, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
- Favorable by Senate Community Affairs
- One committee remaining, Senate Rules
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Ratification of Rules of the Department of Financial Services; Ratifying a specified rule relating to the Florida Workers’ Compensation Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual, for the sole and exclusive purpose of satisfying any condition on effectiveness pursuant to s. 120.541(3), F.S., which requires ratification of any rule meeting any specified thresholds for likely adverse impact or increase in regulatory costs, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
- Favorable by Senate Banking & Insurance
- 2 Appropriations Committees remaining
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Acute Care At-home Patients in Nonemergent Community Settings; Authorizing certified paramedics to perform basic life support services, advanced life support services, and additional health care services to acute care at-home patients in nonemergent community settings under certain circumstances; providing that a physician or medical director who supervises or directs the provision of such services by a paramedic is liable for any act or omission during the provision of such services; specifying that Class III institutional pharmacies may dispense, distribute, compound, and fill prescriptions for medicinal drugs for inpatients and acute care at-home patients in nonemergent community settings, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
- Favorable by Senate Health Policy
- 2 committees remaining, Senate Judiciary & Senate Rules
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Senator Rouson
Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders; Providing that the use of peer specialists is an essential element of a coordinated system of care in recovery from a substance use disorder or mental illness; revising background screening requirements for certain peer specialists; requiring the Department of Children and Families to develop a training program for peer specialists and to give preference to trainers who are certified peer specialists; authorizing the department to certify peer specialists, either directly or by approving a third-party credentialing entity, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
- Favorable by HHS Appropriations
- 1 committee stops remaining, Senate Appropriations
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Drug-related Overdose Prevention; Requiring the Florida Public Health Institute, Inc., in consultation with the Department of Health, to educate the public regarding the use of emergency opioid antagonists; authorizing pharmacists to order certain emergency opioid antagonists; providing certain authorized persons immunity from civil or criminal liability for administering emergency opioid antagonists under certain circumstances; authorizing civilian personnel of law enforcement agencies to administer emergency opioid antagonists under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
- Favorable by HHS Appropriations
- One stop remaining, Senate Appropriations
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Senator Harrell
Prescription Drugs Used in the Treatment of Schizophrenia for Medicaid Recipients; Authorizing the approval of drug products or certain medication prescribed for the treatment of schizophrenia or schizotypal or delusional disorders for Medicaid recipients who have not met the step-therapy prior authorization criteria, when the drug product or certain medication meets specified criteria, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
- Favorable in Senate HHS Appropriations
- One Committee stop remains, Senate Appropriations
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Senator Bradley
Occupational Therapy; Revising eligibility requirements for the occupational therapist licensure examination; authorizing certain licensed occupational therapists to use a specified title and the associated initials; prohibiting certain persons from using a specified title and the associated initials; providing criminal penalties, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
- Favorable by Senate HHS Appropriations
- 1 committee stop remaining, Senate Appropriations
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Newborn Screenings; Revising requirements for the Department of Health’s rules related to newborn screenings; requiring hospitals and other state-licensed birthing facilities to test for congenital cytomegalovirus in newborns under certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
- Favorable by HHS Appropriations
- 1 committee stop remaining, Senate Appropriations
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By Rep Massullo
Emergency Medical Care and Treatment to Minors Without Parental Consent: Removes requirement that emergency medical care or treatment to minor without parental consent be administered in hospital or college health service. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
- Favorable by House Professional & Public Health
- One committee stop remaining, House Health & Human Services Committee
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By Rep Fetteroff
Peer Specialists: Provides peer specialists are essential element of coordinated system of care in recovery from substance use disorder or mental illness; revises background screening requirements for peer specialists; revises requirements for certification as peer specialist; requires DCF to develop training program for peer specialists. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
- Favorable by House Children & Families
- One committee stop remaining, House Health & Human Services Committee
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By Rep Trabulsy
Patient Care in Health Care Facilities: Revises provisions relating to medications & devices with which unlicensed individuals may assist patients in self-administration; specifies staffing requirements for advanced life support ambulances during interfacility transfers; provides certain persons occupying such ambulances are in charge of patient care during transfers; revises list of medications that registered nurses may delegate administration of to certified nursing assistants or home health aides. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
- Favorable by House Professional & Public Health
- One committee stop remaining, House Health & Human Services Committee
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Rep Caruso
Drug-related Overdose Prevention: Revises provisions relating to prescribing, ordering, & dispensing of emergency opioid antagonists; authorizes pharmacists to order certain emergency opioid antagonists; provides specified immunities; authorizes personnel of law enforcement agencies & other agencies to administer emergency opioid antagonists; revises requirements for certain health awareness campaign; requires reporting of controlled substance overdoses. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
- Favorable by House Finance & Facilities
- 2 Committees remaining. House HHS Appro and House Health * Human Services
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Rep Beltran
Sovereign Immunity: Revises statutory limits on liability for tort claims against state & its subdivisions; revises requirements to agree to settle claim; prohibits insurance policy from conditioning payment of benefits on enactment of claim bill; specifies limitations in effect on date final judgment is entered apply to that claim; requires DFS to adjust limitations on tort liability; revises timeframe within which agency must make final disposition of claim to prevent claim from being deemed denied; revises exceptions relating to instituting actions on claims against state & to statute of limitations for such claim. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
- Favorable by House Civil Justice
- 2 committee stop remaining, House Appropriations and House Judiciary
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Rep Latvala
Living Organ Donors in Insurance Policies: Prohibits insurers under specified policies from declining or limiting coverages & discriminating against persons based solely on their status as living organ donors. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
- Favorable by House Finance & Facilities
- 2 remaining committee stop, House Appropriations and House Health & Human Services
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Workers' Compensation Benefits for First Responders: Provides that time for specified notice in certain cases is measured from time of qualifying event or diagnosis of disorder, rather than manifestation of disorder, whichever is later. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
- Favorable by House Government Operations
- 3 committee stops remaining
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