--- type: "Bill" title: "Transparency in Health and Human Services" description: "Transparency in Health and Human Services; Establishes 3-year statute of limitations for action to collect medical debt for services; provides personal property exemptions from legal process for medical debts; requires licensed facility to post on its website consumer-friendly list of standard charges; requires licensed facility to provide estimate to patient & patient's insurer; requires licensed facility to establish internal grievance process for patients to dispute charges; prohibits collection activities by licensed facility; requires health insurer to provide insured with advanced explanation of benefits for scheduled services; provides shared savings incentive offered by health insurer or HMO constitutes medical expense for rate development & rate filing purposes." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2024" identifier: "HB 7089" citation: "Florida HB 7089 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["(adopted)", "homestead and exemptions", "limitations", "social welfare"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2024-183" primary_sponsors: ["Grant"] version_count: 4 action_count: 35 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2024-02-23" last_action: "2024-05-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4f41c76-99ec-4b6a-b65e-525673e4aac2" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7089/ByCategory" source_hash: "3df884482162859d14df072a19ade8d222f6d51c459d06c9bc6ba8333db5fa35" 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 7089 (2024) — Transparency in Health and Human Services Transparency in Health and Human Services; Establishes 3-year statute of limitations for action to collect medical debt for services; provides personal property exemptions from legal process for medical debts; requires licensed facility to post on its website consumer-friendly list of standard charges; requires licensed facility to provide estimate to patient & patient's insurer; requires licensed facility to establish internal grievance process for patients to dispute charges; prohibits collection activities by licensed facility; requires health insurer to provide insured with advanced explanation of benefits for scheduled services; provides shared savings incentive offered by health insurer or HMO constitutes medical expense for rate development & rate filing purposes. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2024-183. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **H 7089 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7089/BillText/Filed/PDF) 2. **H 7089 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7089/BillText/e1/PDF) 3. **H 7089 e2** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7089/BillText/e2/PDF) 4. **H 7089 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2024/7089/BillText/er/PDF) ## Votes - HB 7089 — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower - Passage — **111–0** (pass) · lower - Second Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Grant — primary (person) - Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization) - Beltran — cosponsor (person) - Botana — cosponsor (person) - López, J. — cosponsor (person) - Mooney — cosponsor (person) - Plasencia — cosponsor (person) - Trabulsy — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-23** Filed `filing` - **2024-02-26** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2024-02-26** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1` - **2024-02-26** Added to Second Reading Calendar - **2024-02-27** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/1/2024) - **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-03-01** Amendment 709399 adopted - **2024-03-01** Amendment 262591 adopted - **2024-03-01** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2024-03-01** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-03-04** Passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2024-03-04** In Messages - **2024-03-04** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee` - **2024-03-04** Received `enrolled` - **2024-03-07** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal` - **2024-03-07** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2024-03-07** Substituted for CS/SB 1640 - **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2024-03-07** Amendment(s) adopted (930240) - **2024-03-07** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3` - **2024-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2024-03-07** Passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2024-03-08** Reconsidered - **2024-03-08** Amendment(s) reconsidered, withdrawn (930240) - **2024-03-08** Amendment(s) adopted (446004) - **2024-03-08** Passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2024-03-08** In Messages - **2024-03-08** Added to Senate Message List - **2024-03-08** Amendment 446004 Concur - **2024-03-08** Passed as amended; YEAS 111, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2024-03-08** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled` - **2024-04-25** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2024-05-10** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2024-05-13** Chapter No. 2024-183 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4f41c76-99ec-4b6a-b65e-525673e4aac2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).