Florida Senate Bill 566 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 10 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-20 - Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
Pending: Senate Health Policy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Revising legislative findings and intent to include palliative care for progressive illnesses; providing a purpose and requirements for a patient-directed medical order; requiring that certain health care services be provided to the principal regardless of the decision to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures; authorizing physicians, physician assistants, and certain advanced practice registered nurses to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures under certain circumstances without penalty, etc.

Patient-directed Medical Orders

Sen. Ana Rodriguez [R]

Sen. Barbara Sharief [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-20	Senate	Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
2025-02-10	Senate	Filed

H353 (Same As) 2025-02-12 - Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
395	1041		Amended Code	See Bill Text
400	142		Amended Code	See Bill Text
400	487		Amended Code	See Bill Text
400	605		Amended Code	See Bill Text
400	6095		Amended Code	See Bill Text
400	611		Amended Code	See Bill Text
401	35		Amended Code	See Bill Text
401	45		Amended Code	See Bill Text
429	255		Amended Code	See Bill Text
429	73		Amended Code	See Bill Text
744	4431		Amended Code	See Bill Text
752	001		Amended Code	See Bill Text
765	101		Amended Code	See Bill Text
765	102		Amended Code	See Bill Text
765	110		Amended Code	See Bill Text
765	204		Amended Code	See Bill Text
765	205		Amended Code	See Bill Text
765	3041		Amended Code	See Bill Text
765	305		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/566
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/566/BillText/Filed/HTML