Healthcare (Healthcare Workforce)

in committee · Florida · Senate Mar 5, 2026

SB 878: Clinical Laboratory Personnel

Clinical Laboratory Personnel; Requiring that an applicant who qualifies for licensure under specified provisions provide proof of such qualification and pay the required fees to be eligible for licensure; requiring that applicants for licensure as a technologist or technician who meet specified criteria be deemed to have satisfied minimum qualifications for licensure to perform high or moderate complexity testing as a technologist or technician, as applicable, etc.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill sets licensure standards for clinical lab personnel, ensuring qualified staff for accurate testing, which supports healthcare quality and patient safety standards.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Healthcare Workforce Medical Licensing

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died · Florida · House Mar 13, 2026

HB 1371: Provisional Licensure of Anesthesiologist Assistants

Provisional Licensure of Anesthesiologist Assistants; Requires DOH to issue provisional license to practice as anesthesiologist assistant to applicants meeting specified criteria; requires provisional licensee to work under direct supervision of licensed anesthesiologist; provides for expiration of provisional license; requires provisional licensee to immediately inform his or her employer & cease practice upon notification of failure to pass certifying examination; provides exception; provides that provisional licenses are nonrenewable; requires Board of Medicine & Board of Osteopathic Medicine to adopt rules.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEnables provisional licensure for anesthesiologist assistants under supervision, expanding access to anesthesia services and healthcare workforce capacity.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Healthcare Workforce Medical Licensing

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died · Florida · Senate Mar 13, 2026

SB 1068: Home Health Services

Home Health Services; Requiring nurse registries to provide a written disclosure to clients at intake and annually thereafter; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to adopt rules; prohibiting nurse registries from using specified terms in their business names, advertising, websites, and promotional materials; providing that registered homemakers and companions are subject to initial and periodic inspections by the agency; revising the definition of the term “low-risk provider” to exclude nurse registries, etc.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRequires disclosures, inspections, and agency rules for home health services, enhancing patient safety and oversight per healthcare protection indicators.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Healthcare Workforce Long-Term Care

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in committee · Florida · House Mar 10, 2026

HB 1325: Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund

Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund; Revises Liking Industry to Nursing Education Fund to include nonmonetary contributions; provides requirements for such contributions; revises authorized uses of awarded funds, proposal & review requirements, & allowable contributions; prohibits proposal to participate in fund from being comprised solely of nonmonetary contributions; & authorizes multiyear awards.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesRevises LINE Fund to include health science programs, expanding authorized funding for education initiatives within state budget allocation.85% confidence ✓ EducationSupports EducationExpands LINE Fund to include health science education programs and authorizes matching funds, strengthening higher education funding for nursing and health sciences.90% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill expands nursing education funding to include health science students, directly supporting healthcare workforce development through increased program funding.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Student Health Healthcare Workforce

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in committee · Florida · Senate Mar 6, 2026

SB 1480: Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need

Temporary Certificates for Practice in Areas of Critical Need; Revising the conditions under which the Board of Medicine, the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, and the Board of Nursing, respectively, are authorized to issue temporary certificates for practice in areas of critical need; authorizing certificateholders to continue primary care services after such areas lose their critical need designation under certain circumstances, etc.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEnables temporary medical practice in underserved areas, improving healthcare access in critical need regions by expanding provider availability.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Healthcare Workforce Medical Licensing Primary Care

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signed · Florida · Senate May 26, 2026

SB 1246: Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund

Linking Industry to Nursing Education Fund; Revising the Legislative intent for the Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) Fund; authorizing the inclusion of nonmonetary contributions to institutions for purposes of proposals for LINE Fund matching funds; requiring proposals for participation in the fund to be submitted by specified persons; prohibiting a proposal to participate in the fund from being comprised solely of nonmonetary contributions, etc.

Topics ✓ EducationSupports EducationBill revises health science education programs and authorizes funding for workforce development, strengthening higher education initiatives within the topic scope.95% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill directly addresses healthcare workforce shortages through education program revisions and fund authorization for training, strengthening medical professional availability and access.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Career & Technical Education Higher Education Student Health Healthcare Workforce

died · Florida · Senate Mar 13, 2026

SB 868: Practice of the Profession of Pharmacy

Practice of the Profession of Pharmacy; Authorizing pharmacists who meet specified criteria to, at the direction of a licensed physician, administer medications at a Level I or Level II trauma center under certain circumstances; requiring trauma centers to retain certain documentation to employ pharmacists to perform such tasks, etc.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAuthorizes pharmacists to administer medications in trauma centers under physician direction, expanding access to care and enhancing healthcare delivery in critical settings.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Healthcare Workforce Medical Licensing Prescription Drugs

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died · Florida · Senate Mar 13, 2026

SB 970: Respiratory Care Interstate Compact

Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; Enacting the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact; requiring member states to meet certain requirements to join and participate in the compact; providing criteria that a respiratory therapist licensee must satisfy to practice under the compact; authorizing a certain licensing authority or government agency to establish the scope of practice for a licensee providing therapy in a remote state; authorizing member states to participate with other member states in joint investigations of licensees under certain circumstances; establishing the Respiratory Care Interstate Compact Commission, etc.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEnables interstate practice for respiratory therapists, improving access to care by removing licensing barriers between states, aligning with 'improves patient access' indicator.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Healthcare Workforce Medical Licensing

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died · Florida · Senate Mar 13, 2026

SB 742: Nursing Licensure

Nursing Licensure; Revising information that the Board of Nursing must publish on its website with respect to approved nursing education programs; providing for provisional licensure of registered nurses and licensed practical nurses; establishing that provisional licensees may practice only under direct supervision of a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse, as applicable, etc.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEnables provisional nursing licensure under supervision, facilitating workforce access to healthcare services and improving provider availability.85% confidence

Sub-Topics Healthcare Workforce Medical Licensing

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died · Florida · House Mar 13, 2026

HB 693: Health and Human Services

Health and Human Services ; Revises health care provisions relating to emergency medical technicians & paramedics; repeals provisions relating to Health Facility & Services Development Act; revises provisions relating to certificates-of-need, the Kidcare program, & Medicaid; requires DCF to develop & implement a food assistance payment accuracy improvement plan; revises significant investigation information DOH is required to report relating to certain physician assistants, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, & social workers; enacts Physician Assistant Licensure Compact, Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact, & Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; revises practice requirements for autonomous advanced practice registered nurse; revises remediable & delegable duties of dentist; requires certain health insurers to apply payments for services provided by nonpreferred providers toward insureds' deductibles & out-of-pocket maximums.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRevises Medicaid/Kidcare, enacts EMT interstate compact, requires food assistance plan - enhances coverage, access, and program improvements.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Healthcare Workforce Medicaid Medical Licensing

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