Florida House Bill 947 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 3 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-03 - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 23 (Ch. 2019-137)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes standard of care for telehealth providers; authorizes use of telehealth to perform patient evaluations; provides that telehealth providers, under certain circumstances, are not required to research patient's history or conduct physical exam before providing services; provides situations when use of telehealth is not deemed to be practicing medicine without a license; authorizes certain providers to use telehealth to prescribe specified controlled substances; requires DOH to develop & disseminate educational materials to specified licenses; provides recordkeeping requirements; provides patient consent requirements.

Telehealth

Sen. Loranne Ausley [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-03	House	Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 23 (Ch. 2019-137)
2019-05-03	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2019-03-05	House	Introduced
2019-02-28	House	Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
2019-02-20	House	Filed

H23 (Similar To) 2019-06-26 - Chapter No. 2019-137
S1526 (Similar To) 2019-04-26 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 23 (Ch. 2019-137)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
456	4501		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/947
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/947/BillText/Filed/PDF