--- type: "Bill" title: "Continuing Care Providers" description: "Continuing Care Providers; Revises conditions for release of certain escrowed funds to providers; revises information required to be contained in certain providers' financial reports in their annual reports; revises list of financial institutions in which escrow accounts for certain providers' funds must be established; revises condition under which provider may hold & not deposit resident's check for specified period; specifies requirements for notice & for certain plans to replenish withdrawn funds; revises calculation of minimum liquid reserve requirements for certain facilities; revises requirements for letters of credit which satisfy minimum liquid reserve requirements; revises circumstances under which provider may withdraw funds held in escrow without office's approval; specifies that forfeiture penalty may be deducted from certain resident refunds; provides reporting & notice requirements for continuing care facilities; provides disclosure requirement for providers to prospective residents or their legal representatives." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2023" identifier: "HB 1573" citation: "Florida HB 1573 (2023)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["insurance"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2023-295" primary_sponsors: ["Persons-Mulicka"] version_count: 4 action_count: 43 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2023-03-06" last_action: "2023-06-27" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae94f0bb-7e25-4d36-9b8a-c3fed6988699" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1573/ByCategory" source_hash: "54a8d94f5ef9a7167ae93ad96629e017ad9a14e615b959a8d07626c25725b07b" 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 1573 (2023) — Continuing Care Providers Continuing Care Providers; Revises conditions for release of certain escrowed funds to providers; revises information required to be contained in certain providers' financial reports in their annual reports; revises list of financial institutions in which escrow accounts for certain providers' funds must be established; revises condition under which provider may hold & not deposit resident's check for specified period; specifies requirements for notice & for certain plans to replenish withdrawn funds; revises calculation of minimum liquid reserve requirements for certain facilities; revises requirements for letters of credit which satisfy minimum liquid reserve requirements; revises circumstances under which provider may withdraw funds held in escrow without office's approval; specifies that forfeiture penalty may be deducted from certain resident refunds; provides reporting & notice requirements for continuing care facilities; provides disclosure requirement for providers to prospective residents or their legal representatives. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-295. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 1573 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1573/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 1573 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1573/BillText/c1/PDF) 3. **H 1573 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1573/BillText/c2/PDF) 4. **H 1573 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1573/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - Passage, Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Commerce Committee — primary (organization) - Insurance & Banking Subcommittee — primary (organization) - Persons-Mulicka — primary (person) - Benjamin — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-03-06** Filed `filing` - **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2023-03-09** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2023-03-09** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee` - **2023-03-09** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2023-03-09** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee - **2023-03-23** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda - **2023-03-27** Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-28** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee - **2023-03-28** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2023-03-28** CS Filed `filing` - **2023-03-29** Original reference removed: Health & Human Services Committee - **2023-03-29** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee` - **2023-03-29** Now in Commerce Committee - **2023-03-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1` - **2023-04-13** Added to Commerce Committee agenda - **2023-04-18** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-04-19** Reported out of Commerce Committee - **2023-04-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral` - **2023-04-20** CS Filed `filing` - **2023-04-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1` - **2023-04-21** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2023-04-21** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2023-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2023) - **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 1 `passage` - **2023-04-27** In Messages - **2023-04-27** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2023-04-27** Received `enrolled` - **2023-05-03** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal` - **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2023-05-03** Substituted for CS/SB 622 - **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2023-05-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2023-05-04** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2023-05-04** In Messages - **2023-05-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled` - **2023-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2023-06-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2023-06-27** Chapter No. 2023-295 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae94f0bb-7e25-4d36-9b8a-c3fed6988699`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).