republic-os/legislation/us/states/fl/2021/hb-701.md

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Bill	Behavioral Health Care Services Coverage and Access	Behavioral Health Care Services Coverage and Access; Requires DFS to submit report relating to behavioral health care services & benefits to Governor & Legislature by specified date; specifies minimum information report must contain; requires department to make certain information available on its website; requires health insurers & health maintenance organizations to disclose specified information on their websites; requires health insurers & health maintenance organizations to annually provide certain written notices to insureds or subscribers.	us/states/fl	Florida Legislature	2021	HB 701	Florida HB 701 (2021)	bill	insurance	enacted	2021-146		4	48	5	2021-02-02	2021-06-23	openstates	ocd-bill/6ce0c932-c470-4bd1-97c1-3692ed502281	https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/701/ByCategory	0c3e1af7f03188415ac6f06fdbfce7bafdf8b2a60ffeadd46fa14d2389be01ec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-fl

Florida HB 701 (2021) — Behavioral Health Care Services Coverage and Access

Behavioral Health Care Services Coverage and Access; Requires DFS to submit report relating to behavioral health care services & benefits to Governor & Legislature by specified date; specifies minimum information report must contain; requires department to make certain information available on its website; requires health insurers & health maintenance organizations to disclose specified information on their websites; requires health insurers & health maintenance organizations to annually provide certain written notices to insureds or subscribers.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-146.

Version chain

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

1. H 701 Filed (filed) — source
2. H 701 c1 (committee substitute) — source
3. H 701 e1 (engrossed) — source
4. H 701 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Passage, Third Reading — 117–1 (pass) · lower
• Third Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Favorable (Finance & Facilities Subcommittee) — 17–1 (pass) · lower
• Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — 19–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Insurance and Banking Subcommittee — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-02 Filed filing
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Appropriations Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Health & Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-18 Now in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
• 2021-02-26 Added to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee agenda
• 2021-03-02 Favorable by Finance & Facilities Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-02 Reported out of Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
• 2021-03-02 Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
• 2021-03-02 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
• 2021-03-08 Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
• 2021-03-10 Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
• 2021-03-10 Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
• 2021-03-10 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• 2021-03-10 CS Filed
• 2021-03-11 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
• 2021-03-12 Original reference removed: Appropriations Committee
• 2021-03-12 Referred to Health & Human Services Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-12 Now in Health & Human Services Committee
• 2021-03-16 Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
• 2021-03-18 Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-18 Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
• 2021-03-18 Bill released to House Calendar
• 2021-03-18 Added to Second Reading Calendar
• 2021-04-08 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
• 2021-04-09 Amendment 476591 filed
• 2021-04-15 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-15 Amendment 476591 adopted
• 2021-04-15 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-15 CS passed as amended; YEAS 117, NAYS 1 passage
• 2021-04-15 Immediately certified
• 2021-04-15 Message sent to senate
• 2021-04-15 In Messages
• 2021-04-16 Message sent to senate
• 2021-04-19 Referred to Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-04-20 Received
• 2021-04-21 Withdrawn from Appropriations withdrawal
• 2021-04-21 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• 2021-04-21 Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1024
• 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
• 2021-06-16 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
• 2021-06-21 Approved by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-06-23 Chapter No. 2021-146

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ce0c932-c470-4bd1-97c1-3692ed502281. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).