SB 1568 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Electronic Prescribing

Summary

Electronic Prescribing; Revising health care practitioners who may only electronically transmit prescriptions for certain drugs; revising exceptions, etc.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare ✓ Technology

Bill status vetoed 3 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Vetoed

Apr 2025

Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Vetoed Apr 30, 2025

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What changed between versions

S 1568 Filed → S 1568 c1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill updates Florida's electronic prescribing requirements for healthcare practitioners, revises the deadline for mandatory electronic prescribing from July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2026, adds new exceptions for electronic prescribing failures, republishes an existing electronic prescribing statute, and adds new continuing education requirements for physician assistants.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope by adding Section 2 to republish section 456.43 regarding electronic prescribing and adds Section 4 to amend physician assistant regulations in a different statute (459.022) that was not in the original version.

TIMELINE

Changed the deadline for mandatory electronic prescribing from July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2026, giving practitioners more time to comply with electronic prescribing requirements.

REQUIREMENT

Added a new exception allowing practitioners to use non-electronic prescribing when experiencing temporary technological or electrical failures not within their control, provided the failure is documented in the patient record.

Added new continuing education requirements for physician assistants, mandating 10 hours of specialty practice education with 3 hours focused on safe prescribing of controlled substances at each licensure renewal.

SCOPE

Added a new section republishing section 456.43 to clarify that electronic prescribing cannot interfere with a patient's freedom to choose a pharmacy.

ELIGIBILITY

Added a new exception allowing physician assistants to prescribe medications when the supervising physician is registered as a dispensing practitioner in compliance with specific regulations.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 21, 2025

How they voted

22–1

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 25

Apr 21, 2025

D Democratic5

4 Yea 1 Nay

80% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

17 Yea 2

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 30, 2025

Vetoed

Substituted CS/HB 1427 (Vetoed by Governor)

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Apr 21, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (22-1-2)

senate

Apr 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 1

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Apr 16, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/21/25, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

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Apr 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

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Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0

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Apr 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building

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Mar 26, 2025

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

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Mar 25, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 3

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Mar 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

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Mar 10, 2025

Introduced

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Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors