Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H869: Physical Therapy Treatment Plans
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Exempts specified services from requirement that practitioner of record review & sign plan of treatment.
What the bill says
An act relating to physical therapy treatment plans; amending s. 486.021, F.S.; exempting specified services from the requirement that the practitioner of record review and sign a plan of treatment; providing an effective date.
From the introduced text, December 23, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to physical therapy treatment plans; amending s. 486.021, F.S.; exempting specified services from the requirement that the practitioner of record review and sign a plan of treatment; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (11) of section 486.021, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 486.021 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the term: (11) "Practice of physical therapy" means the performance of physical therapy assessments and the treatment of any disability, injury, disease, or other health condition of human beings, or the prevention of such disability, injury, disease, or other health condition, and the rehabilitation of such disability, injury, disease, or other health condition by alleviating impairments, functional movement limitations, and disabilities by designing, implementing, and modifying treatment interventions through therapeutic exercise; functional movement training in self-management and in-home, community, or work integration or reintegration; manual therapy; massage; airway clearance techniques; maintaining and restoring the words underlined are additions. hb869-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 869 2026 integumentary system and wound care; physical agent or modality; mechanical or electrotherapeutic modality; patient-related instruction; the use of apparatus and equipment in the application of such treatment, prevention, or rehabilitation; the performance of tests of neuromuscular functions as an aid …
Sponsors
- Anderson, Adam (R, HD-057) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- : Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H869?
- H869 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Physical Therapy Treatment Plans.
- What does H869 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to physical therapy treatment plans; amending s. 486.021, F.S.; exempting specified services from the requirement that the practitioner of record review and sign a plan of treatment; providing an effective date.
- What is the status of H869?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H869?
- Anderson, Adam (R, HD-057).
- Where is the official record for H869?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/869
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