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| Bill | Dispensing Medicinal Drugs | Dispensing Medicinal Drugs; Authorizing certain hospitals to dispense supplies of prescribed medicinal drugs in a specified amount to emergency department patients or inpatients upon discharge under certain circumstances; authorizing a greater specified supply of medicinal drugs to be prescribed and dispensed in areas in which a state of emergency has been declared and is in effect; authorizing a prescriber to provide a patient with a prescription for medicinal drugs beyond the initial prescription period under certain circumstances, etc. | us/states/fl | Florida Legislature | 2021 | SB 262 | Florida SB 262 (2021) |
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enacted | 2021-121 |
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3 | 32 | 5 | 2020-12-14 | 2021-06-23 | openstates | ocd-bill/c046855b-f700-4ada-a28e-4babe4f8914b | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/262/ByCategory | 192d4c5a2ab1cf99c45887dc21c6d9f2c20dd40b4a646bfd6cd2c79b0ead32b5 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Florida SB 262 (2021) — Dispensing Medicinal Drugs
Dispensing Medicinal Drugs; Authorizing certain hospitals to dispense supplies of prescribed medicinal drugs in a specified amount to emergency department patients or inpatients upon discharge under certain circumstances; authorizing a greater specified supply of medicinal drugs to be prescribed and dispensed in areas in which a state of emergency has been declared and is in effect; authorizing a prescriber to provide a patient with a prescription for medicinal drugs beyond the initial prescription period under certain circumstances, etc.
Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-121.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 117–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable — 18–1 (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable with Committee Substitute — 7–0 (pass) · upper
- Favorable — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Harrell — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-12-14 Filed
filing - 2020-12-21 Referred to Health Policy; Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-03-02 Introduced
introduction - 2021-03-05 On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/10/21, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2021-03-10 Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-10 Now in Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security
- 2021-03-18 On Committee agenda-- Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security, 03/23/21, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
- 2021-03-23 CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
- 2021-03-24 Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- 2021-03-25 Now in Appropriations
- 2021-03-25 CS by Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and Domestic Security read 1st time
- 2021-04-14 On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/19/21, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- 2021-04-19 Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 1
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-04-20 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- 2021-04-20 Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/22/21
- 2021-04-22 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-22 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-22 CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
passage - 2021-04-22 In Messages
- 2021-04-26 Bill referred to House Calendar
- 2021-04-26 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2021)
- 2021-04-26 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- 2021-04-27 Read 2nd time
reading-2 - 2021-04-27 Placed on 3rd reading
- 2021-04-27 Added to Third Reading Calendar
- 2021-04-28 Read 3rd time
reading-3 - 2021-04-28 CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0
passage - 2021-04-28 Message sent to senate
- 2021-04-28 Ordered enrolled
- 2021-06-18 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2021-06-21 Approved by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-06-23 Chapter No. 2021-121
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c046855b-f700-4ada-a28e-4babe4f8914b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).