Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 566: Patient-directed Medical Orders
Did not advance Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
- Did not advance
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 566 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 10, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Patient-directed Medical Orders. Primary sponsor: Ana Maria Rodriguez (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Health Policy.
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.
Patient-directed Medical Orders; Revising legislative findings and intent to include palliative care for progressive illnesses; providing a purpose and requirements for a patient-directed medical order; requiring that certain health care services be provided to the principal regardless of the decision to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures; authorizing physicians, physician assistants, and certain advanced practice registered nurses to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures under certain circumstances without penalty, etc.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ana Maria Rodriguez | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 40 |
| Barbara Sharief | Co-sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 35 |
“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 Health Policy
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- Introduced
- Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
- Filed