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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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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

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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