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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Continuing Care Providers"
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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& not deposit resident's check for specified period; specifies requirements for notice & for certain plans to replenish withdrawn funds; revises calculation of minimum liquid reserve requirements for certain facilities; revises requirements for letters of credit which satisfy minimum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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 1573"
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citation: "Florida HB 1573 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["insurance"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-295"
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primary_sponsors: ["Persons-Mulicka"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-03-06"
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last_action: "2023-06-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae94f0bb-7e25-4d36-9b8a-c3fed6988699"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1573/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "54a8d94f5ef9a7167ae93ad96629e017ad9a14e615b959a8d07626c25725b07b"
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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 1573 (2023) — Continuing Care Providers
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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.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-295.
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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 1573 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1573/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 1573 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1573/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 1573 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1573/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 1573 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1573/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage, Third Reading — **113–1** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Commerce Committee) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Insurance & Banking Subcommittee) — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Commerce Committee — primary (organization)
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- Insurance & Banking Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Persons-Mulicka — primary (person)
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- Benjamin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-23** Added to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-27** Favorable with CS by Insurance & Banking Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-28** Reported out of Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-28** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-03-28** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-29** Original reference removed: Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2023-03-29** Referred to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-29** Now in Commerce Committee
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- **2023-03-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-13** Added to Commerce Committee agenda
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- **2023-04-18** Favorable with CS by Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-19** Reported out of Commerce Committee
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- **2023-04-20** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-04-20** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-20** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-21** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-21** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-24** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/27/2023)
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- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-27** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-27** CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 1 `passage`
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- **2023-04-27** In Messages
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- **2023-04-27** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-27** Received `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-03** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-03** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-05-03** Substituted for CS/SB 622
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- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-03** Placed on 3rd reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-04** CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-05-04** In Messages
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- **2023-05-04** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-06-14** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-26** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-27** Chapter No. 2023-295
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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/ae94f0bb-7e25-4d36-9b8a-c3fed6988699`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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