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Died HOUSE · SESSION 2026

No. HB 869

Physical Therapy Treatment Plans
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SPONSOR
Anderson
FILED BY
Adam Anderson — District 57, Republican [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee

Filed under Healthcare.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Physical Therapy Treatment Plans; Exempts specified services from requirement that practitioner of record review & sign plan of treatment.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Lets physical therapists skip physician sign-off for wellness services.

Physical therapists no longer need a doctor, or other eligible practitioner of record, to review and sign a treatment plan when the services are for health promotion, injury prevention, wellness, or fitness rather than treating a diagnosed medical condition.

Outside that new carve-out, the existing rule is unchanged: a physical therapist treating a condition no doctor has assessed yet must still get a practitioner of record to review and sign the plan, unless the patient was already diagnosed by an out-of-state physician.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Exempts wellness and fitness services from practitioner sign-off majors. 486.021

AIA physical therapist providing services for health promotion, injury prevention, wellness, or fitness does not need a practitioner of record to review and sign a plan of treatment, unlike when treating a diagnosed medical condition.

“To services provided for purposes of health promotion, injury prevention, wellness, or fitness” bill text, line 53 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/5/2026
Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
1/5/2026
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
1/5/2026
Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
12/23/2025
Filed
STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 486.021
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