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CS/CS/HB 351: Podiatric Medicine

GENERAL BILL by Health and Human Services Committee ; Health Quality Subcommittee ; Ponder ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bell ; Fernandez-Barquin ; Killebrew ; Massullo ; Sabatini ; Smith, D.

Podiatric Medicine; Authorizes supervising physician to authorize licensed physician assistant to perform services under direction of licensed podiatric physician; specifies supervising physician is liable for performance & acts & omissions of physician assistant; authorizes Board of Podiatric Medicine to require specified number of continuing education hours related to safe & effective prescribing of controlled substances; provides for governance of podiatric physicians who are supervising medical assistants.

Effective Date: 7/1/2020
Last Action: 3/14/2020 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
10/15/2019 House • Filed
10/23/2019 House • Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 32
11/6/2019 House • On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 11/13/19, 9:30 am, Mashburn Hall
11/13/2019 House • CS by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 1 -HJ 294
11/14/2019 House • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
11/25/2019 House • Original reference(s) removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
• CS referred to Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 383
• Now in Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 383
1/14/2020 House • Introduced -HJ 31
• CS by Health Quality Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 279
1/28/2020 House • On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 01/30/20, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
1/30/2020 House • CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0 -HJ 483
2/3/2020 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
• CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time -HJ 481
2/4/2020 House • Placed on Calendar -HJ 485
2/6/2020 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/12/20
2/12/2020 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 544
• Placed on 3rd reading
2/13/2020 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 562
• CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 3 -HJ 562
2/19/2020 Senate • In Messages
2/20/2020 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 353
2/26/2020 Senate • Received -SJ 353
3/14/2020 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Health Policy