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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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enacted | 2026-105 |
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3 | 36 | 4 | 2025-11-05 | 2026-05-26 | openstates | ocd-bill/6a40a273-dd39-49d0-a821-b8541109f873 | https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/355/ByCategory | ca772a1652dac026bf81f21a8f79f861696bc9112ed8fae7fd0c5c920e5c75a5 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
Votes
- Passage, Third Reading — 109–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — 15–0 (pass) · lower
- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee) — 15–0 (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — 36–0 (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).