---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alternative Treatment Options for Veterans"
description: "Alternative Treatment Options for Veterans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 501"
citation: "Florida HB 501 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["veterans"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-148"
primary_sponsors: ["Health Market Reform Subcommittee"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3bd5f624-5f94-41d5-b7bc-d07cd60aa965"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/501/ByCategory"
source_hash: "98742e8a05bb2c0ed38f795220ae83c74eddcf088f2b77ec9c4385fa03cebbea"
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 501 (2019) — Alternative Treatment Options for Veterans

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-148.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 501 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/501/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 501 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/501/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 501 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/501/BillText/c2/PDF)
4. **H 501 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/501/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Market Reform Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **114–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health Market Reform Subcommittee — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** On Committee agenda-- Health Market Reform Subcommittee, 03/19/19, 3:30 pm, Mashburn Hall
- **2019-03-19** CS by Health Market Reform Subcommittee; YEAS 14 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-20** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-21** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2019-03-21** CS by Health Market Reform Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-29** On Committee agenda-- Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, 04/02/19, 1:00 pm, Sumner Hall
- **2019-04-02** Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2019-04-05** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 04/09/19, 2:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-04-09** CS/CS by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
- **2019-04-11** Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-04-11** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/17/19
- **2019-04-11** CS/CS by Health and Human Services Committee read 1st time
- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** In Messages
- **2019-04-24** Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Received
- **2019-05-01** Withdrawn from Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-01** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1518
- **2019-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-05-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-02** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Ordered enrolled
- **2019-06-13** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2019-06-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-27** Chapter No. 2019-148

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3bd5f624-5f94-41d5-b7bc-d07cd60aa965`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).