Florida Senate - 2026 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1684
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
02/18/2026 .
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The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
(Calatayud) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Section 458.352, Florida Statutes, is created to
6 read:
7 458.352 Parkinson’s disease registry; reporting
8 requirement.—
9 (1) Beginning January 1, 2027, each physician who diagnoses
10 or treats a patient for Parkinson’s disease shall report to the
11 statewide Parkinson’s disease registry, established pursuant to
12 s. 1004.4352, information containing nationally recognized
13 Parkinson’s disease performance measures.
14 (2) A liability of any kind or character for damages or
15 other relief may not arise or be enforced against a physician by
16 reason of having provided such information to the statewide
17 Parkinson’s disease registry.
18 Section 2. Section 459.075, Florida Statutes, is created to
19 read:
20 459.075 Parkinson’s disease registry; reporting
21 requirement.—
22 (1) Beginning January 1, 2027, each physician who diagnoses
23 or treats a patient for Parkinson’s disease shall report to the
24 statewide Parkinson’s disease registry, established pursuant to
25 s. 1004.4352, information containing nationally recognized
26 Parkinson’s disease performance measures.
27 (2) A liability of any kind or character for damages or
28 other relief may not arise or be enforced against a physician by
29 reason of having provided such information to the statewide
30 Parkinson’s disease registry.
31 Section 3. Section 464.0124, Florida Statutes, is created
32 to read:
33 464.0124 Parkinson’s disease registry; advanced practice
34 registered nurse reporting requirement.—
35 (1) Beginning January 1, 2027, each advanced practice
36 registered nurse who diagnoses or treats a patient for
37 Parkinson’s disease shall report to the statewide Parkinson’s
38 disease registry, established pursuant to s. 1004.4352,
39 information containing nationally recognized Parkinson’s disease
40 performance measures.
41 (2) A liability of any kind or character for damages or
42 other relief may not arise or be enforced against an advanced
43 practice registered nurse by reason of having provided such
44 information to the statewide Parkinson’s disease registry.
45 Section 4. Paragraphs (b) and (e) of subsection (4) of
46 section 1004.4352, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection
47 (5) is added to that section, to read:
48 1004.4352 Parkinson’s disease research.—
49 (4) CONSORTIUM FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE RESEARCH.—
50 (b) The Parkinson’s Disease Research Board is established
51 to direct the operations of the consortium. The board shall be
52 composed of one member appointed by the President of the Senate,
53 one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
54 Representatives, and members representing each participating
55 university or academic medical center, appointed by the
56 president or chief executive officer of each participating
57 university or academic medical center. Board members, other than
58 those appointed by the President of the Senate or the Speaker of
59 the House of Representatives, must have experience as a movement
60 disorder specialist and in informatics or population health
61 research and Parkinson’s disease research in a variety of
62 scientific fields, including, but not limited to, neurology,
63 psychology, nutrition, and genetics. Members shall be appointed
64 to 3-year 4-year terms and may be reappointed to serve
65 additional terms. The chair shall be elected by the board from
66 among its members to serve a 2-year term. The board shall meet
67 at least semiannually at the call of the chair or, in his or her
68 absence or incapacity, the vice chair. Four members constitute a
69 quorum. A majority vote of the members present is required for
70 all actions of the board. The board may prescribe, amend, and
71 repeal a charter governing the manner in which it conducts its
72 business. Board members shall serve without compensation, but
73 are entitled to receive reimbursement for travel expenses by the
74 consortium or the organization he or she represents in
75 accordance with s. 112.061.
76 (e) By October 15 of each year, the board shall issue a
77 report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
78 Speaker of the House of Representatives on research projects,
79 research findings, and community outreach initiatives conducted
80 or funded by, and future plans for the consortium. Beginning on
81 October 15, 2028, and annually thereafter, the report must
82 include a summary update on the incidence and prevalence of
83 Parkinson’s disease in this state by county, how many records
84 have been included and reported to the registry, and demographic
85 information, such as patients by age, gender, and race.
86 (5) PARKINSON’S DISEASE REGISTRY.—
87 (a) Subject to a specific appropriation, the Florida
88 Institute for Parkinson’s Disease at the University of South
89 Florida shall establish and maintain a statewide Parkinson’s
90 disease registry to ensure that the Parkinson’s disease
91 performance measures required to be submitted under paragraph
92 (b) are maintained and available for use to improve or modify
93 the Parkinson’s disease care system, ensure compliance with
94 standards and nationally recognized guidelines, and monitor
95 Parkinson’s disease patient outcomes.
96 (b) Physicians licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459,
97 pursuant to ss. 458.352 and 459.075, and advanced practice
98 registered nurses licensed under chapter 464, pursuant to s.
99 464.0124, shall regularly report to the statewide Parkinson’s
100 disease registry information containing nationally recognized
101 Parkinson’s disease performance measures.
102 (c) Beginning January 1, 2028, the Institute for
103 Parkinson’s Disease at the University of South Florida shall
104 create and maintain a public website dedicated solely to the
105 Parkinson’s disease registry which must include, at a minimum,
106 downloadable annual reports on the incidence and prevalence of
107 Parkinson’s disease, information on the consortium, and other
108 information as determined by the board. The website must be
109 updated by January 1, 2029, and annually thereafter.
110 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.
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112 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
113 And the title is amended as follows:
114 Delete everything before the enacting clause
115 and insert:
116 A bill to be entitled
117 An act relating to the Parkinson’s disease registry;
118 creating ss. 458.352, 459.075, and 464.0124 F.S.;
119 requiring physicians, osteopathic physicians, and
120 advanced practice registered nurses, respectively, to
121 report certain information to the Parkinson’s disease
122 registry; providing limited liability for physicians
123 and advanced practice registered nurses under certain
124 circumstances; amending s. 1004.4352, F.S.; revising
125 the membership of the Parkinson’s Disease Research
126 Board; requiring that annual reports of the board
127 include specified information beginning on a specified
128 date; requiring the Institute for Parkinson’s Disease
129 at the University of South Florida, subject to
130 appropriation, to establish and maintain a statewide
131 Parkinson’s disease registry for specified purposes;
132 providing requirements for the registry; requiring
133 certain physicians and advanced practice registered
134 nurses to report specified information to the registry
135 regularly; requiring the institute, beginning on a
136 specified date, to create and maintain a public
137 website dedicated solely to the registry; specifying
138 requirements for the website; requiring that the
139 website be updated by a specified date and annually
140 thereafter; providing an effective date.