Title | Bill# | Description | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
COVID-19-related Claims Against Health Care Providers | Extending the duration of liability protections from COVID-19-related claims against health care providers, etc. | Senate Judiciary Committee | |
Prohibited Employer Retaliation Related to COVID-19 | Prohibiting an employer from taking retaliatory action against an employee who takes a leave of absence to quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 and provides proof of the positive test to the employer, etc. | Sen. Annette Taddeo (D) | |
COVID-19 Mandates | Repealing provisions relating to a prohibition on public employee COVID-19 vaccination mandates, a prohibition on private employer COVID-19 vaccination mandates, a public records exemption for complaints and investigations regarding private employer COVID-19 etc. | Sen. Jason W. B. Pizzo (D) | |
Patient Visitation Rights | Citing this act as the "No Patient Left Alone Act"; requiring providers to allow clients to receive visitors during their admission or residency at the facility; requiring providers to develop certain alternative visitation protocols if providers have to restrict public access to their facilities etc. | Sen. Ileana Garcia (R) | |
Communicable and Infectious Diseases | Citing this act as the "Sergeant Justin White Act."; providing a presumption to specified workers that an impairment of health caused by COVID-19 or an infectious disease happened in the line of duty, etc. | Sen. Joe Gruters (R), also Florida GOP Chairman | |
COVID-19 Eviction Information | Prohibiting consumer reporting agencies or companies that provide tenant screening services from including certain evictions and information relating to such evictions in specified reports, etc. | Sen. Janet Cruz (D) | |
COVID-19-related Claims | Extending the timeframe for which COVID-19-related claims may be brought against health care providers, etc. | Sen. Jeff Brandes (R) | |
Discrimination on the Basis of COVID-19 Vaccination or Postinfection Recovery Status | Prohibiting governmental entities from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination or postinfection recovery status as a condition of licensure or certification in this state; prohibiting employers from requiring COVID-19 vaccination or proof of COVID-19 vaccination etc. | Sens. Keith Perry (R) and Tom A. Wright (R) | |
Insurance Coverage for At-home COVID-19 Test Kits | Defining the term “at-home COVID-19 test kit”; requiring health insurers and health maintenance organizations to provide 100 percent coverage for at-home COVID-19 test kits; providing for expiration of the insurance coverage, etc. | Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez (R) | |
Covid-19-related Claims Against Health Care Providers | Extends duration of liability protections from COVID-19-related claims against health care providers. | Health and Human Services Committee and Rep. Colleen Burton (R) | |
Employer Retaliation for Covid-19 Quarantine | Prohibits employer from taking retaliatory action against employee who takes leave of absence to quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 & provides proof of positive test to employer; authorizes employee to use sick leave for such quarantine if sick leave is available to employee. | Rep. Christopher Benjamin (D) | |
Covid-19 Eviction Information | Prohibits consumer reporting agencies or companies that provide tenant screening services from including certain evictions & information relating to such evictions in specified reports. | Reps. Ramon Alexander (D) and Anna Eskamani (D) | |
Insurance Coverage for At-home COVID-19 Test Kits | Requires health insurers & health maintenance organizations to provide 100 percent coverage for at-home COVID-19 test kits; provides for expiration of insurance coverage. | Rep. Ardian Zika (R) | |
Communicable and Infectious Diseases | Provides presumption to specified workers that impairment of health caused by COVID-19 or infectious disease happened in line of duty; requires certain actions in order to be entitled to presumption, etc. | Reps. Elizabeth Anne Fetterhoff (R) and Anika Tene Omphroy (D) | |
Limiting COVID-19 Restrictions | Prohibits state or any political subdivision from enacting mask mandate; provides any such mandate is void; prohibits state & local governments from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations, issuing vaccine passports or other standardized documentation etc. | Rep. Anthony Sabatini (R) | |
Patient-consumer Credit Protection | Requires specified entities comply with federal hospital price transparency requirements; directs AHCA to impose & collect fines; prohibits consumer reporting agencies from publishing patient-consumer medical debts without express written consent of health care provider. | Rep. Josie Tomkow (R) | |
Protections of Medical Conscience | Provides that health care providers & health care payers have right to not participate in or pay for any health care services that violate their consciences; prohibits person from taking or threatening to take adverse action against such providers & payers for specified actions, etc. | Reps. John Snyder (R) and Thad Altman (R) | |
Florida Kidcare Program Eligibility | Increases income eligibility threshold for coverage under Florida Kidcare program; requires applicant seeking coverage under program to provide specified documentation under certain circumstances, etc. | Rep. Robin Bartleman (D) et al. |
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