Bill Summary

HB 1341 Health Care Practitioner Identification (2025 Session)
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Sponsors
by Gonzalez Pittman  CS Sponsors: Health & Human Services Committee
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Summary
Health Care Practitioner Identification : Prohibits use of specified titles & designations by health care practitioners not licensed as physicians or osteopathic physicians, as applicable, with exception; provides that use of such titles & designations constitutes unlicensed practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine, as applicable; authorizes department to pursue specified remedies for such violations; authorizes health care practitioners to use names & titles, & their corresponding designations & initials, authorized by their respective practice acts; specifies manner in which health care practitioners may represent their specialty practice areas; specifies titles & abbreviations certain health care practitioners may use; provides construction; specifies specialist titles & designations that physicians & osteopathic physicians, respectively, are prohibited from using unless they have received formal recognition by appropriate recognizing agency for such specialty certifications; revises written notification requirements for adverse determinations made by health maintenance organization. Effective Date: July 1, 2025
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committees of reference
   H Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
   H Health & Human Services Committee
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Actions
02/27/25
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Filed
03/05/25
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Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee; Health & Human Services Committee
03/05/25
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Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
04/08/25
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On Committee agenda - Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee, 04/10/25, 10:00 am, 102 H
04/11/25
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Favorable with CS by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee on 04/10/25; 13 Yeas, 4 Nays
04/11/25
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Committee Substitute Text (C1) Filed
04/11/25
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Now in Health & Human Services Committee
04/21/25
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On Committee agenda - Health & Human Services Committee, 04/22/25, 10:00 am, 17 H
04/22/25
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Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee; 18 Yeas, 4 Nays
04/22/25
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Committee Substitute Text (C2) Filed
04/25/25
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Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
05/03/25
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Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
05/03/25
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Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
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bill text & filed amendments
1341
Filed on 02/27/25
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Amendment 137303
Gonzalez Pittman
Filed on 04/09/25
Adopted
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Amendment 481111
Fabricio
Filed on 04/09/25
Adopted
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1341C1
Filed on 04/11/25
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Amendment 879761
Gonzalez Pittman
Filed on 04/21/25
Adopted
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1341C2
Filed on 04/22/25
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No amendments to this bill text filed.
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Statute Citations
456.003
456.65
458.3312
459.0152
641.51
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