Florida legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Florida H1119: Health Care Patient Protection
Status: Failed, June 16, 2025
Requires hospital emergency departments to develop & implement policies & procedures, conduct training, record weights in certain manner, designate pediatric emergency care coordinator, & conduct specified assessments; authorizes hospital with emergency department to conduct National Pediatric Readiness Project's Open Assessment under certain conditions; requires agency to adopt certain rules for comprehensive emergency management plans, and, in consultation with Florida Emergency Medical Services for Children State Partnership Program, establish minimum standards for pediatric patient care in hospital emergency departments; requires agency to collect & publish results of specified assessments submitted by hospitals by specified dates; provides requirements for collection & publication of such assessment scores.
Sponsors
- Health & Human Services Committee · primary sponsor
- Oliver, Vanessa (R, HD-076) · primary sponsor
- Rosenwald, Mitch (D, HD-098)
Votes
- House: Third Reading RCS#141 (April 16, 2025): 113 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Health & Human Services Committee (March 24, 2025): 26 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee (March 11, 2025): 16 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H1119?
- H1119 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Health Care Patient Protection.
- What does H1119 do?
- Requires hospital emergency departments to develop & implement policies & procedures, conduct training, record weights in certain manner, designate pediatric emergency care coordinator, & conduct specified assessments; authorizes hospital with emergency department to conduct National Pediatric Readiness Project's Open Assessment under certain conditions; requires agency to adopt certain rules for comprehensive emergency management plans, and, in consultation with Florida Emergency Medical Services for Children State Partnership Program, establish minimum standards for pediatric patient care in hospital emergency departments; requires agency to collect & publish results of specified assessments submitted by hospitals by specified dates; provides requirements for collection & publication of such assessment scores.