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type: "Bill"
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title: "Referral of Patients by Health Care Providers"
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description: "Referral of Patients by Health Care Providers; Deleting the definitions of the terms “direct supervision” and “present in the office suite”; revising the definition of the term “referral” to remove reference to direct physician supervision and to require compliance with certain Medicare payment and coverage rules, 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 768"
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citation: "Florida SB 768 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["insurance"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-251"
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primary_sponsors: ["Martin"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-02-14"
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last_action: "2023-06-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17bbf056-1946-4a1c-bf2a-cd99209ec8e3"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/768/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "9717c4013be48bc93a5679dd2f00d92360775cc9222420cf2c16b00782d7a733"
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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 768 (2023) — Referral of Patients by Health Care Providers
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Referral of Patients by Health Care Providers; Deleting the definitions of the terms “direct supervision” and “present in the office suite”; revising the definition of the term “referral” to remove reference to direct physician supervision and to require compliance with certain Medicare payment and coverage rules, etc.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-251.
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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 768 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/768/BillText/Filed/HTML)
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2. **S 768 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/768/BillText/er/HTML)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable — **20–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage, Third Reading — **116–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Martin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-14** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-23** Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2023-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/20/23, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-03-20** Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-21** Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
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- **2023-04-06** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/12/23, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-04-12** Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-12** Now in Fiscal Policy
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- **2023-04-20** On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/25/23, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
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- **2023-04-25** Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-26** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-04-26** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/28/23
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- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-28** Passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-28** In Messages
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- **2023-04-28** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-28** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (5/1/2023)
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- **2023-04-28** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-02** Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-05-02** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-16** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-16** Chapter No. 2023-251
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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/17bbf056-1946-4a1c-bf2a-cd99209ec8e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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