---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prescription Drugs Used in the Treatment of Schizophrenia for Medicaid Recipients"
description: "Prescription Drugs Used in the Treatment of Schizophrenia for Medicaid Recipients; Authorizing the approval of drug products or certain medication prescribed for the treatment of schizophrenia or schizotypal or delusional disorders for Medicaid recipients who have not met the step-therapy prior authorization criteria, when the drug product or certain medication meets specified criteria, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 534"
citation: "Florida SB 534 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-27"
primary_sponsors: ["Harrell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-10-18"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/219a01da-8708-4c54-b08a-6840bd0a10cc"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/534/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5cd5f7194d17b53bf1b57adc3018402514c79d82f0cdd1706aa4e9eb128481ba"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida SB 534 (2022) — Prescription Drugs Used in the Treatment of Schizophrenia for Medicaid Recipients

Prescription Drugs Used in the Treatment of Schizophrenia for Medicaid Recipients; Authorizing the approval of drug products or certain medication prescribed for the treatment of schizophrenia or schizotypal or delusional disorders for Medicaid recipients who have not met the step-therapy prior authorization criteria, when the drug product or certain medication meets specified criteria, etc.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-27.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **S 534 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/534/BillText/Filed/HTML)
2. **S 534 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/534/BillText/er/HTML)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-10-18** Filed `filing`
- **2021-11-03** Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-11-22** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 12/02/21, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2021-12-02** Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-12-02** Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
- **2022-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-14** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 01/19/22, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-01-19** Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- **2022-01-19** Now in Appropriations
- **2022-01-24** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 01/27/22, 11:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- **2022-01-27** Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-28** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-02-10** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/17/22
- **2022-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-17** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-17** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-17** In Messages
- **2022-02-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
- **2022-02-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/3/2022)
- **2022-02-28** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-03-03** Substituted for HB 885
- **2022-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-03** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-03-03** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-04** Passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-04** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-04-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-08** Chapter No. 2022-27

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/219a01da-8708-4c54-b08a-6840bd0a10cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).