Florida Senate Bill 278 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 14 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-04-04 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 239 (Ch. 2013-26)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Authorizing a certified optometrist to administer and prescribe ocular pharmaceutical agents; requiring a certified optometrist to complete a board-approved course and examination on general and ocular pharmaceutical agents before administering or prescribing those agents; providing conditions under which the holder of an optometric faculty certificate may administer and prescribe oral ocular pharmaceutical agents; requiring a clinical laboratory operated by a licensed practitioner of optometry to be licensed under Optometry Practice Act, etc.

Practice of Optometry

Sen. Denise Grimsley [R]

Senate Appropriations Committee

Senate Health Policy Committee

Sen. Garrett Richter [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-04	Senate	Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 239 (Ch. 2013-26)
2013-04-04	Senate	Substituted CS/CS/HB 239
2013-04-04	Senate	Read 3rd time
2013-03-27	Senate	Placed on 3rd reading
2013-03-27	Senate	Read 2nd time
2013-03-25	Senate	CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
2013-03-22	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/27/13
2013-03-22	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2013-03-22	Senate	Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2013-03-21	Senate	CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
2013-03-18	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/21/13, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2013-03-08	Senate	Now in Appropriations
2013-03-06	Senate	Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 3
2013-03-05	Senate	CS by Health Policy read 1st time
2013-03-05	Senate	Introduced
2013-03-01	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 03/06/13, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
2013-02-26	Senate	Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
2013-02-25	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2013-02-21	Senate	CS by Health Policy; YEAS 6 NAYS 3
2013-02-11	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/21/13, 8:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2013-01-17	Senate	Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
2013-01-14	Senate	Filed

H0239 (Same As) 2013-04-23 - Chapter No. 2013-26
H0443 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 239 (Ch. 2013-26)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
463	002		Amended Code	See Bill Text
463	005		Amended Code	See Bill Text
463	0055		Amended Code	See Bill Text
463	0057		Amended Code	See Bill Text
463	006		Amended Code	See Bill Text
463	009		Amended Code	See Bill Text
463	0135		Amended Code	See Bill Text
463	014		Amended Code	See Bill Text
463	0141		Amended Code	See Bill Text
483	035		Amended Code	See Bill Text
483	041		Amended Code	See Bill Text
483	181		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	31		Amended Code	See Bill Text
893	02		Amended Code	See Bill Text
893	05		Amended Code	See Bill Text
893	055		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/278
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0278/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0278/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0278/BillText/c2/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0278/Amendment/606544/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0278/Amendment/172936/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0278/Amendment/727878/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0278/Amendment/446328/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0278/Amendment/490950/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0278/Amendment/603788/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0278/Amendment/611802/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0278/Amendment/236832/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0278/Amendment/645394/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0278/Amendment/111242/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0278/Amendment/685992/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0278/Amendment/155938/HTML