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Our Bill - An Overview*

The Consumer Health Freedom Act:

Get the full text of the our bill in the State House of Representatives: HB 801 (2004)

Get the full text of our bill in the State Senate: SB 1474 (2004)

 

  • Protects your Constitutional right to choose the gentle, complementary and alternative therapies (CATH) and practitioners that you decide are right for you.
  • Protects you as a consumer by prohibiting any practices that put you at risk of serious harm.
  • Empowers you to make informed choices through information about your Natural Health Therapies practitioners and therapies.
  • Facilitates communication between your CATH practitioners and your licensed health care providers.

* This bill was filed in 2003 & 2004. The language of future bills may vary, but its goal - protection of your health freedom rights - will never change!

The Consumer Health Freedom Act will require that CATH practitioners give you a written statement that:

  • Describes the services.
  • Lists their training and credentials.
  • States that they are not a Florida-licensed health care practitioner.
CATH practitioners will be prohibited from performing risky procedures, such as puncturing the skin, prescribing or recommending the non-use of prescription drugs or devices, or anything which poses an imminent risk of significant and discernible harm.

The Act Will Encourage Communication Between CATH Practitioners and Licensed Health Care Providers by:

  • Allowing CATH practitioners to practice openly and to advertise, if they comply with the Act;
  • Making it clear that licensed practitioners mayrefer patients to your CATH practitioners, and
  • Providing you with written information about your CATH practitioner’s background and services, which you may - and are encouraged - to give to your licensed health care provider.

The Act Does Not Require

  • Any new state agencies or any new state employees.

The Act Does Not Regulate

  • Licensed CATH providers, who will continue to be governed by their profession’s licensure laws and regulatory board.

Similar Health Freedom Acts Have Been Passed in

  • California
  • Minnesota
  • Rhode Island
  • Idaho
  • Louisinana
  • Oklahoma (though its Consititution)
 

Florida Health Freedom Action

P.O. Box 430871, South Miami, FL 33243-0871

Phone: 305 668 2800

Contact us: info@floridahealthfreedom.org