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Bill Health Care Patient Protection Health Care Patient Protection; Requires hospital emergency departments to develop & implement policies & procedures, conduct training, record weights in certain manner, designate pediatric emergency care coordinator, & conduct specified assessments; authorizes hospital with emergency department to conduct National Pediatric Readiness Project's Open Assessment under certain conditions; requires agency to adopt certain rules for comprehensive emergency management plans, and, in consultation with Florida Emergency Medical Services for Children State Partnership Program, establish minimum standards for pediatric patient care in hospital emergency departments; requires agency to collect & publish results of specified assessments submitted by hospitals by specified dates; provides requirements for collection & publication of such assessment scores. us/states/fl Florida Legislature 2026 HB 355 Florida HB 355 (2026)
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Florida HB 355 (2026) — Health Care Patient Protection

Health Care Patient Protection; Requires hospital emergency departments to develop & implement policies & procedures, conduct training, record weights in certain manner, designate pediatric emergency care coordinator, & conduct specified assessments; authorizes hospital with emergency department to conduct National Pediatric Readiness Project's Open Assessment under certain conditions; requires agency to adopt certain rules for comprehensive emergency management plans, and, in consultation with Florida Emergency Medical Services for Children State Partnership Program, establish minimum standards for pediatric patient care in hospital emergency departments; requires agency to collect & publish results of specified assessments submitted by hospitals by specified dates; provides requirements for collection & publication of such assessment scores.

Enacted — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-105.

Version chain

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

  1. H 355 Filed (filed) — source
  2. H 355 c1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. H 355 er (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passage, Third Reading — 1090 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — 150 (pass) · lower
  • Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee) — 150 (pass) · lower
  • Third Reading — 360 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee — primary (organization)
  • Oliver — primary (person)
  • López, J. — cosponsor (person)
  • Valdés — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-11-05 Filed filing
  • 2025-11-12 Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2025-11-12 Referred to Health & Human Services Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-11-12 Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
  • 2025-11-21 Added to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee agenda
  • 2025-12-02 Favorable with CS by Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-12-03 Reported out of Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
  • 2025-12-03 Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) deferral
  • 2025-12-03 CS Filed filing
  • 2025-12-03 Referred to Health & Human Services Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-12-03 Now in Health & Human Services Committee
  • 2025-12-04 Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
  • 2025-12-11 Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-12-11 Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
  • 2025-12-11 Bill released to House Calendar
  • 2026-01-12 Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/15/2026)
  • 2026-01-13 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) filing, reading-1
  • 2026-01-13 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) reading-1
  • 2026-01-15 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2026-01-15 Added to Third Reading Calendar
  • 2026-01-15 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2026-01-15 CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 passage
  • 2026-01-15 In Messages
  • 2026-01-16 Referred to Fiscal Policy referral-committee
  • 2026-01-22 Received enrolled
  • 2026-03-11 Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy withdrawal
  • 2026-03-11 Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  • 2026-03-11 Substituted for CS/SB 68
  • 2026-03-11 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2026-03-11 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2026-03-11 CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 passage
  • 2026-03-11 In Messages
  • 2026-03-11 Ordered enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-05-11 Signed by Officers and presented to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-22 Approved by Governor executive-signature
  • 2026-05-26 Chapter No. 2026-105

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a40a273-dd39-49d0-a821-b8541109f873. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).