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type: "Bill"
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title: "Behavioral Health Care Services Coverage and Access"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 701"
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citation: "Florida HB 701 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["insurance"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2021-146"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2021-02-02"
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last_action: "2021-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ce0c932-c470-4bd1-97c1-3692ed502281"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/701/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "0c3e1af7f03188415ac6f06fdbfce7bafdf8b2a60ffeadd46fa14d2389be01ec"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 701 (2021) — Behavioral Health Care Services Coverage and Access
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2021-146.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 701 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/701/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 701 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/701/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 701 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/701/BillText/e1/PDF)
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4. **H 701 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2021/701/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **117–1** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Finance & Facilities Subcommittee) — **17–1** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Insurance and Banking Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-02** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-02-18** Referred to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** Referred to Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** Now in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
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- **2021-02-26** Added to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-03-02** Favorable by Finance & Facilities Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-02** Reported out of Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-02** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-02** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
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- **2021-03-08** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
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- **2021-03-10** Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-10** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
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- **2021-03-10** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
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- **2021-03-10** CS Filed
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- **2021-03-11** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
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- **2021-03-12** Original reference removed: Appropriations Committee
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- **2021-03-12** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-12** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2021-03-16** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
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- **2021-03-18** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-18** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2021-03-18** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2021-03-18** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2021-04-08** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/15/2021)
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- **2021-04-09** Amendment 476591 filed
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- **2021-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-15** Amendment 476591 adopted
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- **2021-04-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-15** CS passed as amended; YEAS 117, NAYS 1 `passage`
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- **2021-04-15** Immediately certified
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- **2021-04-15** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-04-15** In Messages
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- **2021-04-16** Message sent to senate
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- **2021-04-19** Referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** Received
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- **2021-04-21** Withdrawn from Appropriations `withdrawal`
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- **2021-04-21** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2021-04-21** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1024
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- **2021-04-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-21** CS passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2021-04-21** In Messages
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- **2021-04-21** Ordered enrolled
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- **2021-06-16** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
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- **2021-06-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-23** Chapter No. 2021-146
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ce0c932-c470-4bd1-97c1-3692ed502281`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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