PROVIDED SUMMARY
Sickle Cell Disease Treatment of Pain Continuing Education; Revises requirements for continuing education course on prescribing controlled substances.
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Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATED
Adds sickle cell pain treatment to opioid-prescribing continuing education.
Florida already requires prescribers of controlled substances to complete a continuing education course covering opioid prescribing standards, alternatives, and addiction risk, as a condition of license renewal.
The course must now also cover treating pain in patients with sickle cell disease, added as a new required topic alongside the existing opioid-related content.
The new topic must fit within the continuing education hours prescribers already complete for license renewal -- the law does not add extra required hours to cover it.
KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1
Adds sickle cell pain treatment to prescriber continuing education
moderates. 456.0301(1)(a)
AIThe mandatory continuing education course for controlled-substance prescribers must now also cover the treatment of pain in patients with sickle cell disease, in addition to its existing opioid-related topics, as a condition of license renewal.
TIMELINE
3/11/2026
Laid on Table; Companion bill(s) passed, see CS/SB 844 (Ch. 2026-6 )
2/25/2026
Added to Second Reading Calendar
2/25/2026
Bill released to House Calendar
2/25/2026
Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
2/24/2026
Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee
2/20/2026
Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
2/12/2026
Now in Health & Human Services Committee
2/12/2026
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
2/11/2026
1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
2/11/2026
Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
2/11/2026
Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
2/11/2026
Favorable with CS by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
2/9/2026
PCS added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
11/12/2025
Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
11/12/2025
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
11/12/2025
Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
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