Florida · Senate Bill 170 · 2025 Regular Session

Quality of Care in Nursing Homes

SB 170 Sponsored by Colleen Burton Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 25, 2025
  2. In committee Feb 25, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Reviving, reenacting, and amending a provision relating to consumer satisfaction surveys; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to develop user-friendly consumer satisfaction surveys for nursing home facilities; requiring medical directors of nursing home facilities to obtain, or to be in the process of obtaining, certain qualifications by a specified date; requiring nursing home facilities to conduct…

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Reviving, reenacting, and amending a provision relating to consumer satisfaction surveys; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to develop user-friendly consumer satisfaction surveys for nursing home facilities; requiring medical directors of nursing home facilities to obtain, or to be in the process of obtaining, certain qualifications by a specified date; requiring nursing home facilities to conduct biennial patient safety culture surveys; requiring nursing home facilities that maintain certain electronic health records to make available certain data to the agency’s Florida Health Information Exchange program for a specified purpose; exempting nursing homes operated by state agencies from certain financial reporting requirements, etc.

Every action

25 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 17 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations · Senate Health Policy
  3. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/04/25, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Health Policy
  4. CommitteeCS by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 · Senate Health Policy10–0 vote
  5. SenateIntroduced
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  8. CommitteeCS by Health Policy read 1st time · Senate Health Policy
  9. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 03/26/25, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  10. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services10–0 vote
  11. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  12. CommitteeNow in Appropriations · Senate Appropriations
  13. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Appropriations
  14. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/03/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Meeting cancelled · Senate Appropriations
  15. CommitteeFavorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations18–0 vote
  16. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  17. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  1. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/09/25
  2. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 376
  3. SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 376
  4. SenateCS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 37637–0 vote
  5. SenateImmediately certified -SJ 392
  6. HouseIn Messages
  7. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. HouseDied in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2502 (Ch. 2025-199), SB 2514 (Ch. 2025-204)

Roll calls

4 recorded votes: 1 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 376 · Full Senate

37–0
Apr 9, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 37 No 0 Not voting 1
Democrats: 10 yes, 0 no Independents: 1 yes, 0 no Republicans: 26 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 37

Not voting · 1

Committee and other votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Mar 4, 2025 Senate committee CS by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 Passed 10–0
Mar 26, 2025 Senate committee CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 Passed 10–0
Apr 2, 2025 Senate committee Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 Passed 18–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Colleen BurtonR Primary sponsor · District 12
  • AC Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Sponsoring committee
  • HP Health Policy Sponsoring committee

From Florida's official records (leg.state.fl.us; flhouse.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.