PCS for HB 247 — Act Relating to Telehealth Practice Standards (Florida, 2021)

Summary

This proposed committee bill, PCS for HB 247 (ORIGINAL 2021), is an act relating to telehealth practice standards that amends s. 456.47, F.S., revising the prohibition on prescribing controlled substances through telehealth. It amends paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 456.47, Florida Statutes. Under the text, a telehealth provider may not use telehealth to prescribe a controlled substance listed in Schedule II of section 893.03 unless it is prescribed for the treatment of a psychiatric disorder, inpatient treatment at a hospital licensed under chapter 395, the treatment of a patient receiving hospice services, or the treatment of a resident of a nursing home facility. The bill provides that the act takes effect July 1, 2021.

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Issuer: Congressional materials
Document type: 2021 3093 Professions Public Health Subcommittee Proposed Committee Bills Pcbs Fn Pcs For
Case: 2021 3093 Professions Public Health Subcommittee Proposed Committee Bills Pcbs Fn Pcs For Hb 247

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“PCS for HB 247 — Act Relating to Telehealth Practice Standards (Florida, 2021).” Original at www.flhouse.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2021-3093-professions-public-health-subcommittee-proposed-committee-bills-pcbs-fn-pcs-for-hb-247/, SHA-256 5b534ee4db1cc230165290c5e2a6fb0537dc784378fee3e7901539bb87952e06.

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           PCS for HB 247                             ORIGINAL                                                  2021




    1                                         A bill to be entitled
    2              An act relating to telehealth practice standards;
    3              amending s. 456.47, F.S.; revising prohibition on
    4              prescribing controlled substances through telehealth;
    5              providing an effective date.
    6
    7      Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8
    9              Section 1.         Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
10         456.47, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
11                 456.47       Use of telehealth to provide services.—
12                 (2)       PRACTICE STANDARDS.—
13                 (c)       A telehealth provider may not use telehealth to
14         prescribe a controlled substance listed in Schedule II of
15         section 893.03 unless the controlled substance is prescribed for
16         the following:
17                 1.       The treatment of a psychiatric disorder;
18                 2.       Inpatient treatment at a hospital licensed under
19         chapter 395;
20                 3.       The treatment of a patient receiving hospice services
21         as defined in s. 400.601; or
22                 4.       The treatment of a resident of a nursing home facility
23         as defined in s. 400.021.
24                 Section 2.         This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.



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