FLORIDA HOUSE COMMITTEE PASSES NP LEGISLATION – On Tuesday, April 9, the full Florida House Health and Human Services Committee voted to pass favorably Florida House Bill 821 (H.B. 821). The bill is now eligible for second read on the Florida House floor. H.B. 821, as passed by the House committee, would recognize APRN signatures on forms related to patient care and retire the supervisory protocol requirement for select APRNs who meet specific requirements, including 2,000 hours in practice under a protocol agreement. The bill took on language in a prior hearing that added changes for physician assistant practice requirements and made conforming changes to several Florida statutes.