No. CS/SB 1684
Filed under Healthcare.
Parkinson’s Disease Registry; 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.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDBeginning January 1, 2027, physicians, osteopathic physicians, and advanced practice registered nurses who diagnose or treat Parkinson's patients must report data to a new statewide registry. Anyone who provides that information cannot be sued over having done so.
The research board overseeing this effort gains two members: one picked by the Senate President, one by the House Speaker. Other members must now specialize in movement disorders plus informatics or population-health research, a narrower bar than before, and serve three-year instead of four-year terms.
The Florida Institute for Parkinson's Disease at USF must build and run that registry, but only if lawmakers actually fund it. A public website of registry statistics is required starting 2028, updated yearly after that.
AIPhysicians, osteopathic physicians, and advanced practice registered nurses who diagnose or treat a Parkinson's patient must report specified performance-measure data to the statewide registry starting January 1, 2027.
AIThe USF Institute for Parkinson's Disease must build and operate the registry so reported performance measures are available to improve care, ensure guideline compliance, and track patient outcomes, but only once the Legislature specifically appropriates money for it.
AINo liability of any kind can arise or be enforced against a physician, osteopathic physician, or advanced practice registered nurse for having provided the required registry information.
AITwo new members are added to the Parkinson's Disease Research Board, one appointed by the Senate President and one by the House Speaker, alongside the university and academic medical center representatives.
AIBoard members other than the two legislative appointees previously qualified with experience in any of several broad scientific fields. They must now specifically have movement-disorder-specialist experience plus informatics or population-health research experience.
AIStarting with the October 2028 report, the board's annual report to legislative leaders must include county-level incidence and prevalence figures, record counts, and patient demographics, and the Institute must post similar registry information on a public website beginning 2028.