---
type: "Bill"
title: "Direct Primary Care Agreements"
description: "Direct Primary Care Agreements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 37"
citation: "Florida HB 37 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["health care administration agency"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2018-89"
primary_sponsors: ["Burgess", "Miller"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-08-23"
last_action: "2018-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9910403d-b89f-4572-bdf6-91142c322d7c"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/00037/ByCategory"
source_hash: "ea55ca41858b22e70ce66e14d7e75b2a6884a8157cdef6f66b389ecbd4cc2f58"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
---

# Florida HB 37 (2018) — Direct Primary Care Agreements

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2018-89.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **H 37 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/37/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 37 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/37/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Third Reading — **97–10** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **37–71** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Burgess — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-08-23** Filed `filing`
- **2017-08-30** Referred to Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-07** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 11/14/17, 9:00 am, Morris Hall
- **2017-11-14** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 19 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-11-15** Placed on Calendar
- **2018-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/24/18
- **2018-01-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-24** Amendment(s) failed (102461, 304663)
- **2018-01-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-01-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-01-25** Passed; YEAS 97 NAYS 10 -HJ 418, 419
- **2018-01-31** In Messages
- **2018-02-01** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Received
- **2018-03-07** Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2018-03-07** Substituted for CS/SB 80
- **2018-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-08** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0
- **2018-03-08** Ordered enrolled
- **2018-03-21** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2018-03-23** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-27** Chapter No. 2018-89

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9910403d-b89f-4572-bdf6-91142c322d7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).