---
type: "Bill"
title: "Direct Health Care Agreements"
description: "Direct Health Care Agreements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "Florida HB 7 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["insurance"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2019-105"
primary_sponsors: ["Duggan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3294cd1c-71b1-407b-891c-782e4c725b2b"
source_url: "http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7/ByCategory"
source_hash: "5e597bcc777d1a0fb99ebd98176e973873137a79355712aed5038826a58ab2f1"
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 7 (2019) — Direct Health Care Agreements

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2019-105.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 7 Filed** (filed) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 7 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 7 er** (enrolled) — [source](http://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/7/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **15–2** (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Market Reform Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **90–24** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Duggan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Health Market Reform Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** On Committee agenda-- Health Market Reform Subcommittee, 03/07/19, 9:00 am, Mashburn Hall
- **2019-03-07** CS by Health Market Reform Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0
- **2019-03-08** Pending review of CS under Rule 7.18(c)
- **2019-03-11** Now in Health and Human Services Committee
- **2019-03-11** CS by Health Market Reform Subcommittee read 1st time
- **2019-03-12** On Committee agenda-- Health and Human Services Committee, 03/14/19, 12:00 pm, Morris Hall
- **2019-03-14** Favorable by- Health and Human Services Committee; YEAS 15 NAYS 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-03-21** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/27/19
- **2019-03-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Amendment(s) failed (512779, 515381)
- **2019-03-27** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2019-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** CS passed; YEAS 90 NAYS 24 `passage`
- **2019-04-03** In Messages
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Received
- **2019-05-01** Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Rules `withdrawal`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2019-05-01** Substituted for CS/SB 1520
- **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
- **2019-06-18** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-18** Chapter No. 2019-105, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 843 (Ch. 2019-138)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3294cd1c-71b1-407b-891c-782e4c725b2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).