Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 902
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/11/2026           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Garcia) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 345 and 346
    4  insert:
    5         Section 6. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
    6  464.0156, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         464.0156 Delegation of duties.—
    8         (2) 
    9         (c) A registered nurse may not delegate the administration
   10  of any controlled substance listed in Schedule II, Schedule III,
   11  or Schedule IV of s. 893.03 or 21 U.S.C. s. 812, except that a
   12  registered nurse may delegate:
   13         1. For The administration of an insulin syringe that is
   14  prefilled with the proper dosage by a pharmacist or an insulin
   15  pen that is prefilled by the manufacturer; and
   16         2. To a home health aide for medically fragile children as
   17  defined in s. 400.462 the administration of a Schedule IV
   18  controlled substance prescribed for the emergency treatment of
   19  an active seizure.
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   22  And the title is amended as follows:
   23         Between lines 41 and 42
   24  insert:
   25         464.0156, F.S.; authorizing a registered nurse to
   26         delegate the administration of certain controlled
   27         substances to a home health aide for medically fragile
   28         children under certain circumstances; amending s.