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Current as of: 2/17/22
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2022 FMA BILL WATCH LIST
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Title
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Bill # Sponsor
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Position
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Comm of Ref
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AdoptedAmend
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Action
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Notes
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Telehealth
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HB 17
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Fabricio
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Support
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Professions & Public Health Subcommittee (17-0); Health & Human Services Committee (20-0)
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HOUSE Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/9/2022)
HOUSE Temporarily Postponed on Second Reading
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Revises prohibition on prescribing controlled substances through use of telehealth to include only specified controlled substances. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
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SB 312
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Diaz
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Health Policy (10-0); Banking and Insurance (10-0); Rules (15-0)
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Passed (Vote: 36 Yeas / 0 Nays)
HOUSE Temporarily Postponed on Second Reading (2/9/2022)
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Revising the definition of the term “telehealth”; narrowing the prohibition on prescribing controlled substances through telehealth to include only specified controlled substances, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
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Covid Liability Protection
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HB 7021
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HHS
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Support
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HHS (15-5); Judiciary Committee (15-5)
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Substituted for SB 7014; Laid on Table, Refer to SB 7014
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Extends duration of liability protections from COVID-19-related claims against health care providers. Effective Date: upon becoming a law
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SB 7014
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Judiciary
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Judiciary (7-4); Rules (11-5)
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Passed (Vote: 22 Yeas / 13 Nays); Immediately certified; Passed (Vote: 87 Yeas / 31 Nays)
SENATE enrolled
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Extending the duration of liability protections from COVID-19-related claims against health care providers, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
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Emergency Care for Minors
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HB 817
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Massullo
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Support
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Professions & Public Health Subcommittee (16-0); Health & Human Services Committee (20-0)
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HOUSE Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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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
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SB 1114
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Bradley
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Judiciary (8-0); Health Policy (10-0); Rules
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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
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Psychologists Prescribing
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HB 319
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Alexander
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Oppose
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Professions & Public Health Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health & Human Services Committee
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Requires Board of Psychology to certify specified psychologists to exercise prescriptive authority; requires board to develop procedures & adopt rules relating to prescriptive authority certification; requires each applicant for renewal to complete continuing education; requires prescribing psychologist who is authorized to prescribe controlled substances to file his or her federal Drug Enforcement Administration registration number; requires Board of Psychology to transmit specified information to the Board of Pharmacy. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
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SB 540
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Brandes
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Health Policy; Appropriations; Rules
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Requiring the Board of Psychology to certify certain psychologists to exercise prescriptive authority; authorizing certified psychologists to use their prescriptive authority in accordance with rules adopted by the board; requiring prescribing psychologists who are authorized to prescribe controlled substances to file specified information with the board within a specified timeframe; requiring the board to submit a list of prescribing psychologists, including specified information, to the Board of Pharmacy, etc. Effective Date: 10/1/2022
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Collaborative Practice in Health Care (CRNA bill)
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HB 437
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Rommel
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Oppose
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Professions & Public Health Subcommittee; Health & Human Services Committee
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Authorizes advanced practice registered nurse who is certified as registered nurse anesthetist to administer anesthesia in collaboration with specified licensed physicians; revises general functions certified nurse anesthetist may perform in collaboration with specified licensed health care practitioners. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
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SB 986
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Diaz
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Health Policy; Appropriations; Rules
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Specifying that certified registered nurse anesthetists administering anesthesia in hospital settings must be working in collaboration with, rather than under the direction of, certain health care practitioners; exempting certified registered nurse anesthetists from specified protocol requirements under certain circumstances; authorizing certified registered nurse anesthetists to perform specified functions in collaboration with, rather than pursuant to an established protocol under, certain health care practitioners, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
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Access to Cancer Drugs/Prior Auth
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HB 633
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Tant
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Support
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Finance & Facilities Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health & Human Services Committee
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Prohibits health insurers & HMOs from requiring, before providing prescription drug coverage for treatment of stage 4 metastatic cancer & associated conditions, that treatment have failed with different drug; prohibits insurers & HMOs from excluding coverage for certain drugs on certain grounds; prohibits insurers & HMOs from requiring home infusion for certain cancer treatment drugs or that certain cancer treatment drugs be sent to certain entities for home infusion unless certain condition is met; specifies requirement for prior authorization form; specifies requirements for, & restrictions on, health insurers & pharmacy benefits managers relating to prior authorization information, requirements, restrictions, & changes; specifies timeframes in which prior authorization requests must be authorized or denied & patient & patient's provider must be notified. Effective Date: January 1, 2023
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SB 564
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Harrell
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Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Appropriations
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Prohibiting health maintenance organizations from excluding coverage for certain cancer treatment drugs; prohibiting insurers and health maintenance organizations from excluding coverage for certain drugs on certain grounds; specifying a requirement for the prior authorization form adopted by the Financial Services Commission by rule; specifying requirements for, and restrictions on, health insurers and pharmacy benefits managers relating to prior authorization information, requirements, restrictions, and changes, etc. Effective Date: 1/1/2023
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Clinician-administered Drugs (White/brown bagging)
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Support, add physician practices
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SB 748
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Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations
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Prohibiting specified insurer practices related to reimbursements, payment, access, dispensing, or coverage of clinician-administered drugs, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
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Step Therapy Protocols
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HB 459
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Willhite
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Support
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Finance & Facilities Subcommittee (15-0); Health & Human Services Committee (19-0)
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Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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Revises circumstances under which step-therapy protocols may not be required; requires health insurers & HMOs to publish on their websites & provide to their insureds & subscribers specified information; provides requirements for procedures for requests & appeals of denials of protocol exemptions; provides requirements for authorizations & denials of protocol exemption requests; authorizes health insurers & HMOs to request specified documentation.
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SB 730
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Harrell
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Banking and Insurance (11-0); Health Policy (10-0); Rules
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Revising the circumstances under which step-therapy protocols may not be required; requiring health insurers to publish on their websites and provide to their insureds specified information; revising the circumstances under which step-therapy protocols may not be required; providing requirements for procedures for requests and appeals of denials of protocol exemptions, etc.
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Wrongful Dealth
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HB 6011
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Roach
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Oppose
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Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee (13-5); Judiciary Committee
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Authorizes parents of adult children to recover damages for mental pain and suffering in medical negligence suits. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
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SB 262
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Rodriquez, A
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Judiciary (TPd); Banking and Insurance; Rules
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Deleting a provision prohibiting parents of an adult child from recovering damages for mental pain and suffering in a medical negligence suit, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
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Medical Specialty Designations (ology)
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HB 861
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Massullo
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Support
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Professions & Public Health Subcommittee (14-4); Health & Human Services Committee (18-3)
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Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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Provides that using term designating certain medical specialty is grounds for disciplinary action. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
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SB 1192
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Rodriquez, A
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Health Policy; Education; Rules
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Prohibiting health care practitioners from using certain medical specialty designations in connection with their credentials unless they are qualified or authorized to do so; requiring the Department of Health to enforce such prohibition; vesting the department with specified enforcement authority, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
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Invalid Restrictive Covenants in Health Care
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HB 1449
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Tuck
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Monitor
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Finance & Facilities Subcommittee; Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee; Health & Human Services Committee
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Specifies certain restrictive covenants in employment agreements between physicians & hospitals do not support legitimate business interest; authorizes party to employment agreement to elect to have mutually agreed upon arbitrator make specified binding determination. Effective Date: July 1, 2022
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SB 842
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Brodeur
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Commerce and Tourism (10-0); Health Policy (7-3); Rules
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Defining the terms “hospital” and “physician”; specifying that certain restrictive covenants in employment agreements between physicians and hospitals do not support a legitimate business interest; authorizing a party to an employment agreement to elect to have a mutually agreed upon arbitrator make a specified binding determination, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2022
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PIP
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HB 1525
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Grall
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Monitor
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Civil Justice & Property Rights Subcommittee (15-3); Judiciary Committee
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Repeals Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law; revises liability insurance requirements for motor vehicle dealer applicants, recreational vehicle dealer license applicants, & motor vehicle owners or operators; revises financial responsibility requirements for owners or lessees of for-hire passenger transportation vehicles; revises requirements for motor vehicle liability insurance policies relating to coverage, & exclusion from coverage, for certain drivers & vehicles; revises minimum net worth requirements to qualify certain persons as self-insurers; specifies persons whom medical payments coverage must protect; specifies minimum medical expense limits; specifies coverage options that insurer is required & authorized to offer; revises insurance requirements for transportation network company drivers. Effective Date: July 1, 2023
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SB 150
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Burgess
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Banking and Insurance (10-1); Judiciary; Rules
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Repealing provisions which comprise the Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law; revising the motor vehicle insurance coverages that an applicant must show to register certain vehicles with the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles; revising minimum coverage requirements for proof of financial responsibility for specified motor vehicles; revising requirements for motor vehicle liability insurance policies relating to coverage, and exclusion from coverage, for certain drivers and vehicles; revising coverages that may provide for a reduction in motor vehicle insurance policy premium charges under certain circumstances, etc. APPROPRIATION: $83,651 Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2023
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