Florida Senate - 2023 SB By Senator Brodeur 10-01096A-23 20231232__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled

An act relating to telehealth prescribing; amending s. 2 456.47, F.S.; revising the circumstances under which a telehealth provider may use telehealth to prescribe certain controlled substances; providing an effective date. 6

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8

Section 1. Paragraph

(

c) of subsection (2) of

section 10 456.47, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 11 456.47 Use of telehealth to provide services.— 12

(2) PRACTICE STANDARDS.— 13

(

c) A telehealth provider may not use telehealth to prescribe a controlled substance listed in

Schedule II of s. 15 893.03 unless the controlled substance is prescribed for the following: 17 1. The treatment of a psychiatric disorder; 18 2. Inpatient treatment at a hospital licensed under

chapter 19 395; 20 3. The treatment of a patient receiving hospice services as defined in s. 400.601; or 22 4. The treatment of a resident of a nursing home facility as defined in s. 400.021; 24 5. The treatment of a terminal condition as defined in s. 25 456.44(1)(a)2; or 26 6. The treatment of cancer. 27

Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 28