---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maternal Health Outcomes"
description: "Maternal Health Outcomes; Revises DOH's duties under Closing the Gap grant program; revises requirements for Closing the Gap grant proposals; requires DOH to establish telehealth minority maternity care pilot programs in specified counties by specified date; provides for funding of pilot programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1381"
citation: "Florida HB 1381 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2021-238"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2252764-07c6-4f97-b5f9-2402cf7c8bac"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1381/ByCategory"
source_hash: "41fd1a7fbc1acbf8ced2643133c021a4211e8e215c5c18e9c050361dbc4991ed"
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 1381 (2021) — Maternal Health Outcomes

Maternal Health Outcomes; Revises DOH's duties under Closing the Gap grant program; revises requirements for Closing the Gap grant proposals; requires DOH to establish telehealth minority maternity care pilot programs in specified counties by specified date; provides for funding of pilot programs.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-238.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 1381 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1381/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 1381 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1381/BillText/c1/PDF)
3. **H 1381 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/1381/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Professions & Public Health Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage, Third Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Professions and Public Health Subcommittee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Now in Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- **2021-03-19** Added to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee agenda
- **2021-03-23** Favorable with CS by Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- **2021-03-24** Reported out of Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- **2021-03-24** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- **2021-03-24** CS Filed
- **2021-03-24** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- **2021-03-26** Original reference removed: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
- **2021-03-26** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2021-04-02** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2021-04-06** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2021-04-06** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-15** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/20/2021)
- **2021-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2021-04-20** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Message sent to senate
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2021-04-21** Substituted for CS/SB 1540
- **2021-04-21** Received
- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** In Messages
- **2021-04-21** Ordered enrolled
- **2021-06-28** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2021-06-29** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-06** Chapter No. 2021-238

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2252764-07c6-4f97-b5f9-2402cf7c8bac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).