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HB 7053 Florida House · 2020 Regular Session

Direct Care

Summary
Direct Care; Authorizes certified nursing assistants & home health aides to perform tasks delegated by registered nurses under certain conditions; requires entities that authorize such delegation to ensure certain requirements are met; authorizes autonomous practice for specified health care practitioners; requires Board of Health or DOH to register physician assistant or advanced practice registered nurse if applicant meets criteria; authorizes such autonomous health care practitioners to perform specified acts without physician supervision or supervisory protocol; provides appropriations & authorizes positions. APPROPRIATION: $789,297
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 29, 2020 Last action Mar 14, 2020
Floor votes · House Mar 6, 2020

How they voted

57–5
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 67
Mar 6, 2020
D Democratic23
15 Yea 4 Nay 4
65% Yea
R Republican44
42 Yea 1 Nay 1
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Mar 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Appropriations
upper
Mar 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS passed as amended; YEAS 96 NAYS 10
lower
Mar 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (147067, 232561)
lower
Mar 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Amendment(s) adopted (295767, 670923)
lower
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Lower · Passed
PCS on Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/26/20, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/18/20, 3:00 pm, Morris Hall --Temporarily Postponed
lower
Feb 14, 2020
Lower · Passed
Now in Health and Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
lower
Feb 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/11/20, 1:30 pm, Reed Hall
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Committee
Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.