Bill > H1299

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An act relating to the Department of Health; amending chapter 2023-43, Laws of Florida; revising the repeal date of the definition of the term "messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine"; providing for contingent retroactive operation; 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; 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 e-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 hb1299 -03-er2025 Legislature 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 s. 456.44, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "board-certified pain management physician" to replace the term "American Association of Physician Specialists" with "American Board of Physician Specialties"; making a technical change; amending s. 458.313, F.S.; revising the qualifications required for a person seeking licensure by endorsement as an allopathic physician; amending s. 458.3145, F.S.; revising the list of institutions at which the department is authorized to issue a medical faculty certificate to an individual who has been offered and has accepted a full-time faculty appointment; amending ss. 458.315 and 459.0076, F.S.; revising criteria authorizing physician assistants to be issued temporary certificates for practice in areas of critical need; amending ss. 458.3265, 458.3475, 459.0137, and 459.023, F.S.; revising definitions to replace the term "American Association of Physician Specialists" with "American Board of Physician Specialties"; amending s. 486.112, F.S.; defining the term "party hb1299 -03-er2025 Legislature 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; providing effective dates.

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Taylor Yarkosky (R)*,  Adam Anderson (R),  Michelle Salzman (R),  Dana Trabulsy (R), 

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Chapter No. 2025-114 (on 06/03/2025)

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