Florida Senate Bill 476 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 22 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-04-23 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 335 (Ch. 2015-111)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Adding a psychiatric nurse as a person at a receiving facility authorized to perform a required examination of certain patients; prohibiting the release of a patient from a receiving facility that is owned or operated by a hospital or health system without specified approvals; authorizing the release of a patient by a psychiatric nurse under certain circumstances; prohibiting a psychiatric nurse from releasing a patient if the involuntary examination was initiated by a psychiatrist without the psychiatrist's approval, etc.

Mental Health

Senate Health Policy Committee

Sen. Denise Grimsley [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-23	Senate	Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 335 (Ch. 2015-111)
2015-04-23	Senate	Substituted CS/CS/HB 335
2015-04-23	Senate	Read 2nd time
2015-04-20	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/15
2015-04-20	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2015-04-20	Senate	Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
2015-04-15	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/15, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
2015-04-09	Senate	Now in Rules
2015-04-09	Senate	Favorable by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
2015-04-06	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 04/09/15, 9:00 am, 301 Senate Office Building
2015-03-25	Senate	Now in Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
2015-03-24	Senate	CS by Health Policy read 1st time
2015-03-24	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2015-03-23	Senate	CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
2015-03-18	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/23/15, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2015-03-03	Senate	Introduced
2015-02-03	Senate	Referred to Health Policy; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Rules
2015-01-22	Senate	Filed

H0335 (Similar To) 2015-06-11 - Chapter No. 2015-111
H0547 (Similar To) 2015-04-28 - Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 335 (Ch. 2015-111)
S7070 (Similar To) 2015-05-01 - Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 79 (Ch. 2015-102), CS/CS/HB 335 (Ch. 2015-111), CS/SB 954 (Ch. 2015-67)
S7068 (Similar To) 2015-04-29 - Died in returning Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 79 (Ch. 2015-102), CS/CS/HB 335 (Ch. 2015-111), CS/CS/HB 1069 (Ch. 2015-178), CS/SB 954 (Ch. 2015-67)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
39	407		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	455		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	4574		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	4598		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	462		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	4625		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	463		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	4655		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	467		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	495		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	496		Amended Code	See Bill Text
395	1041		Amended Code	See Bill Text
984	19		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/476
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0476/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0476/BillText/c1/HTML
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2015/0476/Amendment/535926/HTML