Florida SB 1684: Health Care Provider Credentialing

Bill Text

1684 
Parkinson’s Disease Registry 
2026-02-19T05:49:54Z 
Requiring physicians, osteopathic physicians, and advanced practice registered nurses, respectively, to report certain information to the Parkinson’s disease registry; providing limited liability for physicians and advanced practice registered nurses under certain circumstances; revising the membership of the Parkinson’s Disease Research Board; requiring the Institute for Parkinson’s Disease at the University of South Florida, subject to appropriation, to establish and maintain a statewide Parkinson’s disease registry for specified purposes, etc. 
Committee Substitute 1 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 CS for SB 1684 

 By the Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; 
 and Senator Calatayud 

 603-02961-26 20261684c1 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Parkinson’s disease registry; 
 3 creating ss. 458.352, 459.075, and 464.0124, F.S.; 
 4 requiring physicians, osteopathic physicians, and 
 5 advanced practice registered nurses, respectively, to 
 6 report certain information to the Parkinson’s disease 
 7 registry; providing limited liability for physicians 
 8 and advanced practice registered nurses under certain 
 9 circumstances; amending s. 1004.4352, F.S.; revising 
 10 the membership of the Parkinson’s Disease Research 
 11 Board; requiring that annual reports of the board 
 12 include specified information beginning on a specified 
 13 date; requiring the Institute for Parkinson’s Disease 
 14 at the University of South Florida, subject to 
 15 appropriation, to establish and maintain a statewide 
 16 Parkinson’s disease registry for specified purposes; 
 17 providing requirements for the registry; requiring 
 18 certain physicians and advanced practice registered 
 19 nurses to report specified information to the registry 
 20 regularly; requiring the institute, beginning on a 
 21 specified date, to create and maintain a public 
 22 website dedicated solely to the registry; specifying 
 23 requirements for the website; requiring that the 
 24 website be updated by a specified date and annually 
 25 thereafter; providing an effective date. 
 26 
 27 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 28 
 29 Section 1. Section 458.352, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 30 read: 
 31 458.352 Parkinson’s disease registry; reporting 
 32 requirement.— 
 33 (1) Beginning January 1, 2027, each physician who diagnoses 
 34 or treats a patient for Parkinson’s disease shall report to the 
 35 statewide Parkinson’s disease registry, established pursuant to 
 36 s. 1004.4352, information containing nationally recognized 
 37 Parkinson’s disease performance measures. 
 38 (2) A liability of any kind or character for damages or 
 39 other relief may not arise or be enforced against a physician by 
 40 reason of having provided such information to the statewide 
 41 Parkinson’s disease registry. 
 42 Section 2. Section 459.075, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 43 read: 
 44 459.075 Parkinson’s disease registry; reporting 
 45 requirement.— 
 46 (1) Beginning January 1, 2027, each physician who diagnoses 
 47 or treats a patient for Parkinson’s disease shall report to the 
 48 statewide Parkinson’s disease registry, established pursuant to 
 49 s. 1004.4352, information containing nationally recognized 
 50 Parkinson’s disease performance measures. 
 51 (2) A liability of any kind or character for damages or 
 52 other relief may not arise or be enforced against a physician by 
 53 reason of having provided such information to the statewide 
 54 Parkinson’s disease registry. 
 55 Section 3. Section 464.0124, Florida Statutes, is created 
 56 to read: 
 57 464.0124 Parkinson’s disease registry; advanced practice 
 58 registered nurse reporting requirement.— 
 59 (1) Beginning January 1, 2027, each advanced practice 
 60 registered nurse who diagnoses or treats a patient for 
 61 Parkinson’s disease shall report to the statewide Parkinson’s 
 62 disease registry, established pursuant to s. 1004.4352, 
 63 information containing nationally recognized Parkinson’s disease 
 64 performance measures. 
 65 (2) A liability of any kind or character for damages or 
 66 other relief may not arise or be enforced against an advanced 
 67 practice registered nurse by reason of having provided such 
 68 information to the statewide Parkinson’s disease registry. 
 69 Section 4. Paragraphs (b) and (e) of subsection (4) of 
 70 section 1004.4352, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection 
 71 (5) is added to that section, to read: 
 72 1004.4352 Parkinson’s disease research.— 
 73 (4) CONSORTIUM FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE RESEARCH.— 
 74 (b) The Parkinson’s Disease Research Board is established 
 75 to direct the operations of the consortium. The board shall be 
 76 composed of one member appointed by the President of the Senate, 
 77 one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
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