Florida House Bill 239 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 14-5-2)
Status: Passed on April 23 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-04-23 - Chapter No. 2013-26
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Authorizes certified optometrist to administer & prescribe ocular pharmaceutical agents; requires certified optometrist to complete board-approved course & examination on general & ocular pharmaceutical agents before administering or prescribing those agents; provides conditions under which holder of optometric faculty certificate may administer & prescribe oral ocular pharmaceutical agents; authorizes certified optometrist to perform certain eye examinations; requires reporting of adverse incidents in practice of optometry to DOH according to specified procedures.

Practice of Optometry

Rep. Larry Ahern [R]	Rep. Bruce Antone [D]	Sen. Frank Artiles [R]	Sen. Douglas Broxson [R]
Rep. Marti Coley [R]	Rep. Travis Cummings [R]	Rep. Daniel Davis [R]	Rep. Matt Gaetz [R]
Rep. Matt Hudson [R]	Sen. Debbie Mayfield [R]	Rep. Charles McBurney [R]	Rep. Marlene O'Toole [R]
Rep. Mark Pafford [D]	Rep. Cary Pigman [R]	Rep. Ricardo Rangel [D]	Rep. Michelle Rehwinkel Vasilinda [D]
Sen. Ray Rodrigues [R]	House Health and Human Services Committee	House Health Quality Subcommittee	Rep. Matthew Caldwell [R]
Rep. Alan Williams [D]

2013-04-04 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RCS#7 (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-03-22 - House - House: Third Reading RCS#52 (Y: 116 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-04-23		Chapter No. 2013-26
2013-04-19		Approved by Governor
2013-04-15		Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
2013-04-10	House	Ordered enrolled
2013-04-04	Senate	CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
2013-04-04	Senate	Read 3rd time
2013-04-04	Senate	Read 2nd time
2013-04-04	Senate	Substituted for CS/CS/SB 278
2013-04-04	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2013-04-04	Senate	Withdrawn from Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
2013-04-03	Senate	Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
2013-04-03	Senate	Received
2013-04-02	Senate	In Messages
2013-03-22	House	CS passed as amended; YEAS 116 NAYS 0
2013-03-22	House	Amendment(s) adopted (298375)
2013-03-22	House	Read 3rd time
2013-03-21	House	Placed on 3rd reading
2013-03-21	House	Read 2nd time
2013-03-19	House	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/21/13
2013-03-15	House	Placed on Calendar
2013-03-13	House	CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
2013-03-13	House	Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.19(c)
2013-03-07	House	CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 14 NAYS 2
2013-03-05	House	CS by Health Quality Subcommittee read 1st time
2013-03-05	House	On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 03/07/13, 4:00 pm, Morris Hall
2013-03-05	House	Introduced
2013-02-21	House	Now in Health and Human Services Committee
2013-02-19	House	Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c)
2013-02-07	House	CS by Health Quality Subcommittee; YEAS 10 NAYS 3
2013-01-31	House	On Committee agenda-- Health Quality Subcommittee, 02/07/13, 2:00 pm, 306 HOB
2013-01-30	House	Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
2013-01-17	House	Filed

S0278 (Same As) 2013-04-04 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 239 (Ch. 2013-26)
H0443 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 239 (Ch. 2013-26)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
463	002		Amended Code	See Bill Text
463	005		Amended Code	See Bill Text
463	0055		Amended Code	See Bill Text
463	0057		Amended Code	See Bill Text
463	006		Amended Code	See Bill Text
463	009		Amended Code	See Bill Text
463	0135		Amended Code	See Bill Text
463	014		Amended Code	See Bill Text
463	0141		Amended Code	See Bill Text
483	035		Amended Code	See Bill Text
483	041		Amended Code	See Bill Text
483	181		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	31		Amended Code	See Bill Text
893	02		Amended Code	See Bill Text
893	05		Amended Code	See Bill Text
893	055		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/239
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/BillText/Filed/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/BillText/c1/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/BillText/c2/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/BillText/e1/PDF
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/BillText/er/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/Amendment/512831/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/Amendment/847177/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/Amendment/193019/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/Amendment/645447/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/Amendment/104729/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/Amendment/675815/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/Amendment/913591/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/Amendment/215387/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/Amendment/897933/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/Amendment/146079/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/Amendment/517271/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/Amendment/495363/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/Amendment/882011/PDF
Amendment	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/Amendment/298375/PDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/FloorVotes/Rsz2bLOVoKq%2FGe5yiSHi8RSVKgQ%3D%7C14%2FPublic%2FVotes%2FBill%2F20130322%2FHouseVote%5Fh0239c2052%2EPDF
Roll Call	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0239/FloorVotes/8DlY8s%3DPL%3D55qWhh4HmLi%3DPL%3DK0GVrZvc%3D%7C14%2FPublic%2FVotes%2FBill%2F20130404%2FSenateVote%5Fh0239e1007%2EPDF