--- type: "Bill" title: "Health Care" description: "Health Care; Revising the purpose of the Dental Student Loan Repayment Program; requiring the Department of Health to implement the Dr. and Mrs. Alfonse and Kathleen Cinotti Health Care Screening and Services Grant Program for a specified purpose; providing requirements for birth centers designated as advanced birth centers with respect to operating procedures, staffing, and equipment; requiring advanced birth centers to enter into a written agreement with a blood bank for emergency blood bank services; authorizing certain psychiatric nurses to order emergency treatment of certain patients; creating the Training, Education, and Clinicals in Health (TEACH) Funding Program for a specified purpose; enacting the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact in this state, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2024" identifier: "SB 7016" citation: "Florida SB 7016 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["torts"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2024-15" primary_sponsors: ["Fiscal Policy", "Health Policy"] version_count: 5 action_count: 31 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2023-12-04" last_action: "2024-03-22" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9be94979-b382-4433-ab99-11e9e36a864a" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7016/ByCategory" source_hash: "fbfc912d0241784bd0dec1c6709f46327cce454ca8c4befcbad77114a35d76cd" 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 7016 (2024) — Health Care Health Care; Revising the purpose of the Dental Student Loan Repayment Program; requiring the Department of Health to implement the Dr. and Mrs. Alfonse and Kathleen Cinotti Health Care Screening and Services Grant Program for a specified purpose; providing requirements for birth centers designated as advanced birth centers with respect to operating procedures, staffing, and equipment; requiring advanced birth centers to enter into a written agreement with a blood bank for emergency blood bank services; authorizing certain psychiatric nurses to order emergency treatment of certain patients; creating the Training, Education, and Clinicals in Health (TEACH) Funding Program for a specified purpose; enacting the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact in this state, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-15. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 7016 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7016/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 7016 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7016/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 7016 pb** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7016/BillText/pb/HTML) 4. **S 7016 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7016/BillText/e1/HTML) 5. **S 7016 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7016/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **117–1** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper - A - 344336, Motion to Co-Introduce, Second Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **18–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Fiscal Policy — primary (person) - Health Policy — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-12-04** Submitted for consideration by Health Policy - **2023-12-04** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 12/12/23, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2023-12-12** Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 - **2023-12-13** Filed `filing` - **2023-12-14** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2024-01-08** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 01/11/24, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2024-01-09** Introduced `introduction` - **2024-01-11** CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 - **2024-01-16** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2024-01-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2024-01-16** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/18/24 - **2024-01-17** CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time - **2024-01-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-01-18** Amendment(s) adopted (344336, 542768, 644826, 746956, 796312, 912678) -SJ 209, 211 - **2024-01-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-01-18** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2024-01-18** Immediately certified - **2024-01-18** In Messages - **2024-02-15** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2024-02-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/21/2024) - **2024-02-15** 1st Reading (Engrossed 1) `reading-1` - **2024-02-21** Substituted for CS/CS/HB 1549 - **2024-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-02-21** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2024-02-21** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2024-02-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-02-22** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 1 `passage` - **2024-02-22** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2024-03-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2024-03-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2024-03-22** Chapter No. 2024-15, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 322 (Ch. 2024-13), CS/CS/HB 975 (Ch. 2024-243), CS/CS/HB 7021 (Ch. 2024-245), CS/SB 1600 (Ch. 2024-274), SB 2518 (Ch. 2024-227) ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9be94979-b382-4433-ab99-11e9e36a864a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).