Florida Senate Bill 638 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 10 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-10 - Died in Health Policy
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Creating the "Florida Hospital Patient Protection Act"; requiring that each health care facility implement a staffing plan that provides minimum direct care registered nursing staffing levels; prohibiting a health care facility from assigning unlicensed personnel to perform functions or tasks that are performed by a licensed or registered nurse; requiring that certain information be provided to each patient who is admitted to a health care facility; requiring that the agency post on its website information regarding health care facilities on which civil penalties have been imposed, etc.

Delivery of Nursing Services

Sen. Daphne Campbell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-10	Senate	Died in Health Policy
2018-03-10	Senate	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2018-01-09	Senate	Introduced
2017-11-08	Senate	Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
2017-10-25	Senate	Filed

H1083 (Same As) 2018-03-10 - Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
395	1014		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/638
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/638/BillText/Filed/HTML