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Bill Text

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Health Care Practitioner Maternal Mental Health Continuing Education Requirements 
2025-12-10T09:46:44Z 
Providing curriculum requirements relating to maternal mental health for the required continuing education hours for licensure renewal; requiring a board, or the Department of Health if there is no board, to periodically update specified curriculum and accept the successful completion of such curriculum as credit toward continuing education requirements, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 866 

 By Senator Sharief 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to health care practitioner maternal 
 3 mental health continuing education requirements; 
 4 creating s. 456.63, F.S.; providing curriculum 
 5 requirements relating to maternal mental health for 
 6 the required continuing education hours for licensure 
 7 renewal; requiring a board, or the Department of 
 8 Health if there is no board, to periodically update 
 9 specified curriculum and accept the successful 
 10 completion of such curriculum as credit toward 
 11 continuing education requirements; providing an 
 12 effective date. 
 13 
 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 15 
 16 Section 1. Section 456.63, Florida Statutes, is created to 
 17 read: 
 18 456.63 Continuing education on maternal mental health.— 
 19 (1) Continuing education hours required for licensure 
 20 renewal for health care practitioners must include all of the 
 21 following: 
 22 (a) The best practices in screening for maternal mental 
 23 health disorders. 
 24 (b) The range of maternal mental health disorders. 
 25 (c) The range of evidence-based treatment options, 
 26 including the importance of allowing a mother to be involved in 
 27 developing a treatment plan. 
 28 (d) When an obstetrician or a primary care physician should 
 29 consult with a psychiatrist versus making a referral. 
 30 (2) A board, or the department if there is no board, shall: 
 31 (a) Periodically update any curriculum developed pursuant 
 32 to subsection (1) to account for new research. 
 33 (b) Accept the successful completion of the curriculum 
 34 under subsection (1) as credit toward the continuing education 
 35 requirements for renewal of a license by a health care 
 36 practitioner who practices in the specialty of: 
 37 1. Pediatrics; 
 38 2. Obstetrics and gynecology; 
 39 3. Psychiatry; or 
 40 4. Clinical psychology. 
 41 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.