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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 23: Prescriptive Authority Certification for Psychologists

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 23 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on December 6, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Prescriptive Authority Certification for Psychologists. Primary sponsor: Gallop Franklin (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Prescriptive Authority Certification for Psychologists; Requires Board of Psychology to certify psychologists to exercise prescriptive authority if specified criteria are met; requires board to maintain current record of every prescribing psychologist authorized to prescribe controlled substances; requires board to establish interim panel; requires panel to submit recommendations for rules to board by specified date; requires panel to develop formulary for prescribing psychologists; provides for expiration of panel on specified date.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gallop FranklinPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse8

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  3. 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  4. Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
  5. Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
  6. Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
  7. Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
  8. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source