Florida Bills Filed Impacting Healthcare for the week of October 15th
INFORMATIVE ARTICLE: Not representative of the position of the Coalition Affiliate Members.
Below find a list of proposed legislation that has been filed in the Florida Legislature for the 2026 Legislative cycle.
| SB 38: Parity for Non-nursing Services Under Long-term Managed Care Plan |
| GENERAL BILL by Sharief |
| Parity for Nonnursing Services Under Long-term Managed Care Plans; Beginning on a specified date, requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to reimburse nonnursing services provided by licensed providers at the same rate or higher than the rate it reimburses unlicensed providers for such services under the Medicaid long-term managed care program; requiring the agency annually to adjust the rate for licensed providers, etc. |
| Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Committee |
| SB 42: Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations |
| GENERAL BILL by Sharief |
| Specific Medical Diagnoses in Child Protective Investigations; Providing an exception to the requirement that the Department of Children and Families immediately forward certain allegations to a law enforcement agency; requiring a child protective investigator to inform the subject of an investigation of a certain duty; requiring Child Protection Teams to consult with a licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse when evaluating certain reports; authorizing, under a certain circumstance, a parent or legal custodian from whom a child was removed to request specified examinations of the child, etc. |
| Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services |
| HB 47: Special Medical Diagnosis in Child Protective Investigations |
| General Bill by Bartleman and Maney (CO-SPONSORS) Eskamani |
| Provides exception to requirement that DCF immediately forward certain allegations to law enforcement agency; requires child protective investigator to inform subject of investigation of certain duty; requires Child Protection Teams to consult with licensed physician or advanced practice registered nurse when evaluating certain reports; authorizes, under certain circumstance, parent or legal custodian from whom child was removed to request specified examinations of child; requires that certain examinations be paid for by parent or legal custodian making request or as otherwise covered by insurance or Medicaid; prohibits request of examination for specified purpose. |
| Referred to: Human Services Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, Health & Human Services Committee |
| SB 138: Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Autonomous Practice |
| GENERAL BILL by Truenow |
| Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Autonomous Practice; Authorizing certain advanced practice registered nurses to engage in autonomous practice to provide mental health services as defined by rule of the Board of Nursing, etc. |
| Filed, no committee assignments to date |
| SB 36: Use of Professional Nursing Titles |
| Use of Professional Nursing Titles; Authorizing persons who hold specified licenses to practice professional nursing or to perform nursing services to use certain titles and abbreviations; requiring doctoral degree holders to specify their profession when using a specified title, etc. |
| GENERAL BILL by Sharief |
| Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Committee |
| HB 121: Nursing Education Programs |
| General Bill by Overdorf |
| Nursing Education Programs : Revises application requirements for nursing education program approval; authorizes Board of Nursing to revoke program’s approval; revises requirements for annual reports program directors of approved programs are required to submit to board; provides for revocation of program’s approval & discipline of its program director; revises remediation procedures; removes provision authorizing board to extend program’s probationary status; authorizes agents of DOH to conduct onsite evaluations & inspections; authorizes DOH to collect evidence as part of such evaluations & inspections; removes provision authorizing approved nursing education programs to request extension to meet board’s accreditation requirements |
| Referred to: Education and Employment Committee |
| HB 29: Sale and Purchase of Ivermectin |
| General Bill by Holcomb (CO-SPONSORS) Barnaby; Michael; Plasencia Authorizes sale & purchase of specified ivermectin as over-the-counter medication without prescription or consultation with health care provider. Effective Date: July 1, 2026 Last Event: Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 4:04 PM Lobbyist Disclosure Information |
| Referred to: Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee, Industries & Professional Activities Subcommittee, Health & Human Services Committee |
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