Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1736
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/19/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Grall)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 76 and 77
    4  insert:
    5         (4) For the purposes of this section, the administration of
    6  insulin includes sliding scale insulin therapy, to include the
    7  calculation of an insulin dose based on current blood glucose
    8  and the administration of that calculated dose subcutaneously
    9  using an insulin pen containing pre-measured doses or a syringe
   10  filled with the calculated dose drawn from a vial of insulin.
   11         Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 393.506, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         393.506 Administration of medication.—
   14         (1) An unlicensed direct service provider may supervise the
   15  self-administration of medication or may administer oral,
   16  transdermal, ophthalmic, otic, rectal, inhaled, enteral, or
   17  topical prescription medications to a client if the unlicensed
   18  direct service provider meets the requirements of this section.
   19  This includes the subcutaneous administration of insulin and
   20  epinephrine through an insulin pen, epinephrine pen, or similar
   21  device designed for self-administration.
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   23  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   24  And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Between lines 13 and 14
   26  insert:
   27         including specific administration methods in the
   28         meaning of "administration of insulin"; amending s.
   29         393.506, F.S.; authorizing administration of insulin
   30         and epinephrine by certain methods;