Florida legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Florida H1567: Insulin Administration by Direct Support Professionals and Relatives
Status: Chaptered, June 2, 2025
Defines "direct-support professional"; authorizes direct-support professionals & relatives of clients in group home facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities to administer insulin as prescribed to client if specified conditions are met; provides group home facilities, direct-support professionals, & relatives of clients with immunity from civil liability for damages & civil & criminal penalties; authorizes unlicensed direct service provider to supervise self-administration of insulin & epinephrine through use of specified devices.
Sponsors
- Human Services Subcommittee · primary sponsor
- Tuck, Kaylee (R, HD-083) · primary sponsor
- Brackett, Robbie (R, HD-034)
- Eskamani, Anna (D, HD-042)
- Franklin, Gallop (D, HD-008)
- Harris, Rita (D, HD-044)
- Joseph, Dotie (D, HD-108)
- López, Johanna (D, HD-043)
- Rizo, Alex (R, HD-112)
- Salzman, Michelle (R, HD-001)
- Trabulsy, Dana (R, HD-084)
- Valdés, Susan (R, HD-064)
Votes
- House: Third Reading RCS#373 (April 30, 2025): 111 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate: Third Reading RCS#18 (April 23, 2025): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Third Reading RCS#87 (April 9, 2025): 110 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Health & Human Services Committee (March 31, 2025): 25 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House Human Services Subcommittee (March 18, 2025): 17 yea, 0 nay, passed