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Introduced Session

An act relating to the Department of Health; reenacting ss. 381.00316(2)(g) and 381.00319(1)(e), F.S., relating to the prohibition on discrimination by governmental and business entities based on health care choices and the prohibition on mask mandates and vaccination and testing mandates for educational institutions, respectively, for purposes of preserving the definition of the term “messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine” notwithstanding its scheduled repeal; repealing s. 9 of chapter 2023-43, Laws of Florida, which provides for the repeal of the definition of the term “messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine”; amending s. 381.026, F.S.; revising the rights of patients, which each health care provider and facility are required to observe, to include that such facilities and providers may not discriminate based on a patient’s vaccination status; amending s. 381.986, F.S.; defining terms for purposes of background screening requirements for persons affiliated with medical marijuana treatment centers; requiring medical marijuana treatment centers to notify the Department of Health through electronic mail within a specified timeframe after an actual or attempted theft, diversion, or loss of marijuana; requiring medical marijuana treatment centers to report attempted thefts, in addition to actual thefts, to law enforcement within a specified timeframe; amending s. 381.988, F.S.; defining terms for purposes of background screening requirements for persons affiliated with medical marijuana testing laboratories; amending s. 456.0145, F.S.; revising eligibility criteria for licensure by endorsement under the MOBILE Act; amending ss. 458.315 and 459.0076, F.S.; authorizing certain physician assistants to be issued temporary certificates for practice in areas of critical need; amending s. 486.112, F.S.; defining the term “party state”; authorizing a remote state to issue subpoenas to individuals to testify or for the production of evidence from a party located in a party state; providing that such subpoenas are enforceable in the party state; requiring that investigative information pertaining to certain licensees in a certain system be available only to other party states; revising construction and severability of the compact to conform to changes made by the act; amending s. 766.1115, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “health care provider” or “provider”; providing effective dates.

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Jay Collins (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (3)

Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1299 (Ch. 2025-114) (on 04/30/2025)

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