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FL S1008
Bill
Status
Failed
3/8/2024
Primary Sponsor
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
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AI Summary
- Adds several new disqualifying offenses to Florida's Level 2 background screening standards, including failure to report child abuse, human trafficking, human smuggling, written threats to kill or do bodily injury, poisoning food or water, and unlawful sale of counterfeit prescription blanks for controlled substances
- Expands fingerprint-based background screening requirements under s. 456.0135 to apply to all health care practitioners, covering dozens of professions including acupuncturists, optometrists, pharmacists, dentists, dental hygienists, midwives, psychologists, clinical social workers, mental health counselors, physical therapists, and many others
- Requires health care practitioners licensed before July 1, 2024, to comply with the new background screening requirements upon their next licensure renewal after January 1, 2025, and prohibits the Department of Health from renewing any license until the practitioner complies
- Amends licensure, registration, and certification statutes for over 30 individual health care professions to explicitly include background screening as a requirement for initial licensure, licensure by endorsement, and intern registration
- Effective date is July 1, 2024
Legislative Description
Background Screening Requirements
Last Action
Died in Fiscal Policy
3/8/2024
Committee Referrals
Fiscal Policy2/15/2024
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services1/31/2024
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