Florida House Bill 51

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Failed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Died in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires DOH to license professional art therapists & register art therapist interns if they meet specified requirements; requires art therapist intern to practice under supervision until licensed; provides for licensure by endorsement; requires board & DOH to adopt rules establishing requirements for annual renewal of professional art therapist licenses & art therapist intern registrations; provides for inactive licenses & license reactivation; provides for license denial & disciplinary action; prohibits practice of professional art therapy for compensation & use of certain titles, letters, abbreviations, & insignia without valid, active license; provides criminal penalties; exempts certain persons from licensure & registration requirements.

Art Therapy

Rep. Allison Tant [D]

Rep. Anna Eskamani [D]

Rep. Dotie Joseph [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-08	House	Died in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
2024-01-09	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2023-10-05	House	Now in Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
2023-10-05	House	Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
2023-10-05	House	Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
2023-10-05	House	Referred to Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee
2023-09-19	House	Filed

S878 (Similar To) 2024-03-08 - Died in Health Policy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
491	003		Amended Code	See Bill Text
491	004		Amended Code	See Bill Text
491	019		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/51
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/51/BillText/Filed/PDF