Florida Senate - 2023 SB 1232 By Senator Brodeur 10-01096A-23 20231232__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to telehealth prescribing; amending s. 3 456.47, F.S.; revising the circumstances under which a 4 telehealth provider may use telehealth to prescribe 5 certain controlled substances; providing an effective 6 date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1.Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 11 456.47, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 12 456.47Use of telehealth to provide services. 13 (2)PRACTICE STANDARDS. 14 (c)A telehealth provider may not use telehealth to 15 prescribe a controlled substance listed in Schedule II of s. 16 893.03 unless the controlled substance is prescribed for the 17 following: 18 1.The treatment of a psychiatric disorder; 19 2.Inpatient treatment at a hospital licensed under chapter 20 395; 21 3.The treatment of a patient receiving hospice services as 22 defined in s. 400.601;or23 4.The treatment of a resident of a nursing home facility 24 as defined in s. 400.021; 25 5.The treatment of a terminal condition as defined in s. 26 456.44(1)(a)2; or 27 6.The treatment of cancer. 28 Section 2.This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.