2025 Regular SessionFlorida Legislature

S0332: Patient Protection

Legislative Summary

Citing this act as the "Florida Patient Protection Act"; requiring health care facilities to implement staffing plans that comply with specified minimum staffing levels for direct care registered nurses; specifying minimum staffing levels for direct care registered nurses based on the hospital or clinical unit setting; prohibiting health care facilities from using video cameras or monitors as a substitute for direct observation and assessment by a direct care registered nurse; providing whistle-blower protections; prohibiting health care facilities from discriminating or retaliating against persons who, in good faith, initiate, file, or cooperate in an administrative or civil action against the facility, etc.

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Bill History

1/27/2025
Filed
Senate
2/3/2025
Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
Senate
3/4/2025
Introduced
Senate
5/3/2025
Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/27/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/27/202546.2 KB