Institutional Formularies Established by Nursing Home Facilities
Summary
Institutional Formularies Established by Nursing Home Facilities; Authorizes nursing home facility to establish & implement institutional formulary; requires facility to maintain written policies & procedures for institutional formulary & make available to AHCA, upon request; provides requirements relating to prescribers; prohibits facility from taking adverse action against prescriber or resident under certain circumstances; authorizes pharmacist to substitute medicinal drugs under institutional formulary established by facility under certain circumstances.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Jan 14, 2020
Signed Jun 27, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 11, 2020 · House Mar 9, 2020
How they voted
20–0
Passed
Total votes 20
Mar 11, 2020
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican8
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
11
Committee
10
Jun 27, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Mar 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 9, 2020
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
upper
Mar 9, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 116 NAYS 2
lower
Feb 12, 2020
Lower · Passed
CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Morris Hall
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Now in Health and Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
lower
Jan 31, 2020
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Introduced
Introduced
lower
Dec 16, 2019
Lower · Passed
Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Dec 11, 2019
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Health Market Reform Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 1
lower
Dec 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Market Reform Subcommittee, 12/11/19, 4:00 pm, Mashburn Hall
lower
Nov 15, 2019
Committee
Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cord Byrd
RRepublican
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