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| Bill | Institutional Formularies Established by Nursing Home Facilities | Institutional Formularies Established by Nursing Home Facilities; Authorizes nursing home facility to establish & implement institutional formulary; requires facility to maintain written policies & procedures for institutional formulary & make available to AHCA, upon request; provides requirements relating to prescribers; prohibits facility from taking adverse action against prescriber or resident under certain circumstances; authorizes pharmacist to substitute medicinal drugs under institutional formulary established by facility under certain circumstances. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2020 | HB 559 | Florida HB 559 (2020) |
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enacted | 2020-103 |
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3 | 33 | 5 | 2019-11-06 | 2020-06-29 | openstates | ocd-bill/5dc3b825-0ed4-481d-8e0c-d4a790c30d08 | http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/559/ByCategory | 92a8e3a3195bd4a1ea86dc4aa18863c35da395f5d169bc9f2138ccea4806e23a | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida HB 559 (2020) — Institutional Formularies Established by Nursing Home Facilities
Institutional Formularies Established by Nursing Home Facilities; Authorizes nursing home facility to establish & implement institutional formulary; requires facility to maintain written policies & procedures for institutional formulary & make available to AHCA, upon request; provides requirements relating to prescribers; prohibits facility from taking adverse action against prescriber or resident under certain circumstances; authorizes pharmacist to substitute medicinal drugs under institutional formulary established by facility under certain circumstances.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2020-103.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Third Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — 11–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Market Reform Subcommittee) — 13–1 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — 16–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — 116–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Byrd — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-11-06 Filed
filing - 2019-11-15 Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
referral-committee - 2019-12-04 On Committee agenda-- Health Market Reform Subcommittee, 12/11/19, 4:00 pm, Mashburn Hall
- 2019-12-11 Favorable by Health Market Reform Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 1
committee-passage-favorable - 2019-12-16 Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- 2020-01-14 Introduced
introduction - 2020-01-31 On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 02/04/20, 12:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- 2020-02-04 Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 11 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2020-02-04 Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- 2020-02-10 On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 02/12/20, 10:00 am, Morris Hall
- 2020-02-12 CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0
- 2020-02-13 Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- 2020-02-13 CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
- 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-03-03 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/06/20
- 2020-03-06 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2020-03-06 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2020-03-09 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2020-03-09 CS passed; YEAS 116 NAYS 2
passage - 2020-03-09 In Messages
- 2020-03-09 Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
referral-committee - 2020-03-09 Received
- 2020-03-10 Withdrawn from Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
withdrawal - 2020-03-10 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2020-03-10 Substituted for SB 1020
- 2020-03-10 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2020-03-10 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2020-03-11 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2020-03-11 CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
passage - 2020-03-11 Ordered enrolled
- 2020-06-17 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2020-06-27 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2020-06-29 Chapter No. 2020-103
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5dc3b825-0ed4-481d-8e0c-d4a790c30d08. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).