HB 877 — Electronic Health Records

F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB877CS/HB877 2024 A bill to be entitled An act relating to electronic health records;

amendingrequiring s.certain hospitals to make available specified information for a certain purpose;

408.0611, F.S.;

requiring certain hospitals and pharmacies to make available specified information for certain purposes;

providing exemptions;

408.821,465.018, F.S.;

requiring certain licenseespharmacies to reportmake available specified information infor a certain manner;purpose;

408.051 Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act.— (5) TRUSTEDELECTRONIC EXCHANGEHEALTH NETWORK.—ARECORD.—A hospital as defined in s.

395.002 that maintains a certified electronic health record program mustmust: make patients' electronic health records available through a trusted exchange network.

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(c) The agency shallmay adopt rules necessary to administer this subsection.

SubsectionsSubsection (5)(8) andis (6) are added to section 408.0611,465.018, Florida Statutes, to read:

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465.003(20)(a)1.

that maintains a system for electronic prescribing, as defined in s.

408.0611(2), shall participate in the agency's Emergency Patient Look-Up System for the purpose of supporting declared state of emergency events.

(a) An electronic pharmacy is exempt from this subsection if or until the pharmacy's electronic prescribing vendor is connected to the Emergency Patient Look-Up System service.

(b) The agency shall adopt rules necessary to administer this subsection.

Subsection (4) of section 408.821, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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hb0877-00 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S HB877 2024 408.821 Emergency management planning;

emergency operations;

inactive license.— (4)(a) The agency may adopt rules relating to emergency management planning, communications, and operations.

Licensees providing residential or inpatient services must utilize an online database approved by the agency to report information to the agency regarding the provider's emergency status, planning, or operations.

(b) Licensees required to report under paragraph (a) must do so in a manner, time, and frequency prescribed by the agency.

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