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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 68: Health Care Patient Protection

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 68 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on September 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Health Care Patient Protection. Primary sponsor: Gayle Harrell (Republican), Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services. Most recent recorded action (March 11, 2026): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 355 (Ch. 2026-105).

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.

Health Care Patient Protection; Requiring hospitals with emergency departments to develop and implement policies and procedures and conduct training; authorizing a hospital with an emergency department to conduct the National Pediatric Readiness Project’s Open Assessment under certain circumstances; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to adopt certain rules for comprehensive emergency management plans, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gayle HarrellPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human ServicesPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 355 (Ch. 2026-105)
  2. Substituted CS/HB 355
  3. Read 2nd time
  4. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/11/26
  5. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  6. Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
  7. CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
  8. On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/12/26, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building
  9. Now in Fiscal Policy
  10. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  11. CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
  12. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/04/26, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

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Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source