FloridaProtection from Surgical Smoke
What it does
Protection from Surgical Smoke; Defining the terms “smoke evacuation system” and “surgical smoke”; requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers, by a specified date, to adopt and implement policies to prevent patients and personnel from being exposed to harmful surgical smoke, etc.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Died
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 13Died in RulesDied
- Mar 6Now in Rules
- Mar 3CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
- Feb 27Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Feb 25CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 20On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/25/26, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 21Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- Jan 20Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 1Minor
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 15On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Jan 13IntroducedMinor
- 2025
- Oct 21Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; RulesMinor
- Oct 10FiledIntroduced