Prohibited Acts by Health Care Practitioners
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SB 1142 — Prohibited Acts by Health Care Practitioners
Last action — Died in Appropriations
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Prohibited Acts by Health Care Practitioners; Subjecting health care practitioners to discipline for making misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representations related to their specialty designations; subjecting health care practitioners to discipline for failing to provide written or oral notice to patients of their specialty designation; requiring the Department of Health, instead of applicable health care practitioner boards, to enforce the written or oral notice requirement, etc.
Bill Text
What changed in the latest version
90 added · 91 removed90 line(s) added, 91 removed.
Florida Senate - 2021 CS for SB 1142 By Senatorthe RodriguesCommittee 27-01297-21on 20211142__Health APolicy; bill to be entitled An act relating to prohibited acts by health care practitioners;
and Senator Rodrigues 588-02989-21 20211142c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to prohibited acts by health care practitioners;
The term “anesthesiologist” may be used only if the practitioner is licensed as a physician under chapter 458 or chapter 459 or as a dentist under chapter 466, and the term “dermatologist” may be used only if the practitioner is licensed as a physician under chapter 458 or chapter 459.
9493 In determining what action is appropriate, the board, or department when there is no board, must first consider what sanctions are necessary to protect the public or to compensate the patient.
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Action History
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Died in Appropriations
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Now in Appropriations
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Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
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On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 04/08/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
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CS by Health Policy read 1st time
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Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
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CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
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On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/17/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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Introduced
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Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
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Filed
Sponsors
- Rodrigues · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Rodrigues
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (163)
163 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 163 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 82% | 0% | 0% | 18% |
How each member voted (11)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Farmer | — | Yea |
| Book | — | Yea |
| Diaz | — | Yea |
| Rodrigues | — | Yea |
| Bean | — | Not Voting |
| Jones, Shevrin D. "Shev" | Democrat | Yea |
| Rouson, Darryl Ervin | Democrat | Yea |
| Brodeur, Jason | Republican | Yea |
| Burgess, Danny | Republican | Not Voting |
| Harrell, Gayle | Republican | Yea |
| Rodriguez, Ana Maria | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democrat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (10)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bean | — | Yea |
| Book | — | Yea |
| Cruz | — | Yea |
| Farmer | — | Yea |
| Diaz | — | Yea |
| Baxley | — | Not Voting |
| Jones, Shevrin D. "Shev" | Democrat | Yea |
| Albritton, Ben | Republican | Yea |
| Brodeur, Jason | Republican | Yea |
| Garcia, Ileana | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 1142 do?
- Prohibited Acts by Health Care Practitioners; Subjecting health care practitioners to discipline for making misleading, deceptive, or fraudulent representations related to their specialty designations; subjecting health care practitioners to discipline for failing to provide written or oral notice to patients of their specialty designation; requiring the Department of Health, instead of applicable health care practitioner boards, to enforce the written or oral notice requirement, etc.
- Who sponsors SB 1142?
- SB 1142 is sponsored by Rodrigues.
- What is the current status of SB 1142?
- This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track SB 1142?
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