Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 264: Step-therapy Protocols
Did not advance Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
- Did not advance
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Plain-language summary
SB 264 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on January 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Step-therapy Protocols. Primary sponsor: Gayle Harrell (Republican). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Step-therapy Protocols; Defining the term “serious mental illness”; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to approve drug products for Medicaid recipients for the treatment of serious mental illness without step-therapy prior authorization under certain circumstances; directing the agency to include rate impacts resulting from the act in certain rates that become effective on a specified date, etc.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gayle Harrell | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 31 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- Introduced
- Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
- On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/18/25, 1:45 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
- Filed