---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency Medical Care and Treatment to Minors Without Parental Consent"
description: "Emergency Medical Care and Treatment to Minors Without Parental Consent; Removes requirement that emergency medical care or treatment to minor without parental consent be administered in hospital or college health service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
legislature: "Florida Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 817"
citation: "Florida HB 817 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["domestic relations"]
status: "enacted"
chapter_law: "2022-53"
primary_sponsors: ["Massullo"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-12-01"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d24f74e-e15c-4c05-984b-49cf2e3722bc"
source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/817/ByCategory"
source_hash: "57c3955454f457b971d3e540d9ece29c4d53665755e699210af55960d4e815f2"
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 817 (2022) — Emergency Medical Care and Treatment to Minors Without Parental Consent

Emergency Medical Care and Treatment to Minors Without Parental Consent; Removes requirement that emergency medical care or treatment to minor without parental consent be administered in hospital or college health service.

**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2022-53.

## Version chain

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

1. **H 817 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/817/BillText/Filed/PDF)
2. **H 817 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/817/BillText/er/PDF)

## Votes

- Passage, Third Reading — **107–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Professions & Public Health Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Massullo — primary (person)
- Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-12-01** Filed `filing`
- **2021-12-16** Referred to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-16** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-12-16** Now in Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- **2022-01-11** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- **2022-01-14** Added to Professions & Public Health Subcommittee agenda
- **2022-01-19** Favorable by Professions & Public Health Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-20** Reported out of Professions & Public Health Subcommittee
- **2022-01-20** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- **2022-01-28** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- **2022-02-01** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-01** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- **2022-02-01** Bill released to House Calendar
- **2022-02-01** Added to Second Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-17** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/24/2022)
- **2022-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** Placed on 3rd reading
- **2022-02-24** Added to Third Reading Calendar
- **2022-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-25** Passed; YEAS 107, NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-25** Immediately certified
- **2022-02-25** In Messages
- **2022-02-25** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Received
- **2022-03-02** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- **2022-03-02** Substituted for SB 1114
- **2022-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** In Messages
- **2022-03-02** Ordered enrolled
- **2022-04-05** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- **2022-04-06** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-08** Chapter No. 2022-53

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d24f74e-e15c-4c05-984b-49cf2e3722bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).