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FL S1568
Bill
Status
Vetoed
4/30/2025
Primary Sponsor
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
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AI Summary
- Narrows the electronic prescribing mandate to apply only to health care practitioners who prescribe as an owner, employee, or contractor of a licensed facility that maintains an electronic health records system, removing the requirement for individual practitioners who independently maintain such systems
- Exempts practitioners who prescribe fewer than 100 prescriptions annually, those in areas under a declared state of emergency, and those experiencing temporary technological or electrical failures documented in the patient record
- Extends the compliance deadline for mandatory electronic prescribing to July 1, 2026, from the previous deadline of July 1, 2021
- Explicitly protects pharmacists' ability to fill or refill valid prescriptions whether submitted electronically or in writing, including written prescriptions from out-of-state prescribers and telephone call-in prescriptions, and prohibits changes to payor claims adjudication procedures based on prescription format
- Takes effect July 1, 2025, and conforms cross-references in physician assistant prescribing statutes (ss. 458.347 and 459.022) to reflect the reorganized section numbering
Legislative Description
Electronic Prescribing
Last Action
Laid on Table
4/30/2025
Committee Referrals
Rules4/14/2025
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services3/26/2025
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