Florida House Bill 695 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Died in Select Committee on Health Innovation
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires health care facilities to implement & maintain staffing plans; specifies minimum staffing levels for direct care registered nurses based on hospital or clinical unit setting; requires that patients be cared for only in hospital or clinical units that meet specified minimum staffing levels; prohibits health care facilities from using video cameras or monitors as substitute for direct observation; exempts health care facilities from minimum staffing level requirements during declared state of emergency; provides whistle-blower protections; creates cause of action; prohibits employers from taking actions with respect to employment for certain unionized staff.

Delivery of Patient Protection

Rep. Alina Garcia [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-08	House	Died in Select Committee on Health Innovation
2024-01-09	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2023-12-19	House	Now in Select Committee on Health Innovation
2023-12-19	House	Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
2023-12-19	House	Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
2023-12-19	House	Referred to Select Committee on Health Innovation
2023-12-04	House	Filed

S376 (Same As) 2024-03-08 - Died in Health Policy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
395	1013		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/695
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/695/BillText/Filed/PDF