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Introduced
02/19/2025
02/19/2025
In Committee
02/28/2025
02/28/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
06/16/2025
06/16/2025
Introduced Session
2025 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An act relating to improving screening for and treatment of blood clots; providing a short title; amending s. 385.102, F.S.; revising legislative findings under the Chronic Diseases Act; amending s. 395.1012, F.S.; requiring hospitals with emergency departments and ambulatory surgical centers to develop and implement policies and procedures and conduct training for the rendering of appropriate medical attention for persons at risk of forming venous thromboembolisms; creating s. 395.3042, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to contract with a private entity to establish a statewide venous thromboembolism registry at no cost to the state; providing requirements for the private entity; requiring hospitals with an emergency department, beginning on a date certain, to report certain information regularly to the statewide venous thromboembolism registry; requiring the department to require the private entity to use a nationally recognized platform to collect certain data; requiring the private entity to provide regular reports to the department on such data; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, by a date certain, to provide to the Governor and the Legislature a specified report; providing requirements for such report; providing applicability; amending s. 400.211, F.S.; revising requirements for certain annual inservice training for certified nursing assistants employed by nursing home facilities; revising training requirements for certain certified nursing assistants who may be delegated tasks in nursing home facilities; amending s. 429.55, F.S.; providing legislative findings; defining terms; requiring assisted living facilities to provide a consumer information pamphlet containing specified information to residents; providing an effective date.
AI Summary
This bill, named the Emily Adkins Family Protection Act, aims to improve screening and treatment of blood clots (venous thromboembolisms or VTEs) in Florida through several key provisions. The legislation requires hospitals with emergency departments and ambulatory surgical centers to develop policies and procedures for assessing and treating patients at risk of blood clots, including using nationally recognized risk assessment tools and providing annual training for non-physician staff. The bill mandates the creation of a statewide VTE registry, to be managed by a private non-profit entity, which will collect detailed data on VTE cases from hospitals, including patient demographics, diagnosis methods, and treatment recommendations. Additionally, the bill expands the legislative findings on chronic diseases to explicitly include VTEs, updates training requirements for nursing home and assisted living facility staff to include recognizing VTE symptoms, and requires assisted living facilities to provide residents with informational pamphlets about venous thromboembolisms, their risk factors, and signs and symptoms. The Agency for Health Care Administration will be required to submit a comprehensive report on VTE incidence by June 2026, with the entire act set to take effect on July 1, 2025.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance
Sponsors (4)
Other Sponsors (2)
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Senate), Fiscal Policy (Senate)
Last Action
Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1421 (Ch. 2025-211) (on 04/28/2025)
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