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type: "Bill"
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title: "Genetic Counselors Using Telehealth"
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description: "Genetic Counselors Using Telehealth; Revising the definition of the term “telehealth provider” to include persons licensed as genetic counselors, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 218"
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citation: "Florida SB 218 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["regulation of professions and occupations"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-132"
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primary_sponsors: ["Harrell"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-01-18"
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last_action: "2023-05-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95d13e38-3a9b-4c50-8a6c-0ca4ef98d95f"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/218/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "0dcd8c34ccccc189eebd18e6fb005aee45161d29da9dcb497f1e4697efd8e0d0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida SB 218 (2023) — Genetic Counselors Using Telehealth
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Genetic Counselors Using Telehealth; Revising the definition of the term “telehealth provider” to include persons licensed as genetic counselors, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-132.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **S 218 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/218/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 218 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/218/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Favorable — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **18–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Harrell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-18** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-01-26** Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-13** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/20/23, 3:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
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- **2023-02-20** Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-21** Now in Judiciary
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- **2023-03-02** On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 03/07/23, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2023-03-07** Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-08** Now in Rules
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- **2023-03-10** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/15/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-03-15** Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-16** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-03-20** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/23/23
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- **2023-03-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-03-23** Immediately certified
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- **2023-03-24** In Messages
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- **2023-04-13** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-13** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2023)
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- **2023-04-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-20** Substituted for HB 117
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- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-20** Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-25** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-26** Chapter No. 2023-132
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95d13e38-3a9b-4c50-8a6c-0ca4ef98d95f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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