CS/CS/HB 1503 - Health Care Summary

• Repeals retroactive application prohibition of Drug-Free Workplace Act; authorizes Department of Health to accept municipal and county funds for emergency health products through federal contracts

• Requires hospitals to establish comprehensive infection control plans with baseline measurements, reduction goals, and public reporting; modifies breast cancer screening guidelines to reference CDC standards instead of USPSTF

• Establishes Physician Workforce Advisory Council and graduate medical education innovation pilot projects to address physician workforce shortages; authorizes temporary medical certificates for retired military physicians and those in critical need areas

• Expands home health agency regulations covering staffing, training, patient rights, service delivery, and supervisory requirements; transfers federally qualified health center program administration from Department of Health to Agency for Health Care Administration

• Creates dental workforce survey requirements for licensure renewal; authorizes wellness programs with rewards and incentives in health insurance plans; makes various technical amendments to drug distribution and medical device regulations