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FL H1081
Bill
Status
Failed
6/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Randy Maggard
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AI Summary
- Health care facilities are required to create a voluntary nonopioid advance directive form and make it available on the facility's website, indicating that an individual may not be administered or prescribed an opioid
- The advance directive must be filed in the individual's medical record and transferred with the individual when moving between practitioners or facilities
- Individuals may revoke the nonopioid advance directive at any time, for any reason, by written or oral statement
- Health care practitioners who lack actual knowledge of a patient's nonopioid directive and administer or prescribe an opioid during a medical emergency are immune from civil and criminal liability, unless the act resulted from gross negligence or willful misconduct
- "Medical emergency" is defined as an acute injury or illness posing an immediate risk to an individual's life or long-term health; the act takes effect July 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Voluntary Nonopioid Advance Directive Forms
Last Action
Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
6/16/2025
Committee Referrals
Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee3/5/2025
Full Bill Text
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