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Died HOUSE · SESSION 2026

No. HB 1383

Pub. Rec./Experimental Treatments for Terminal Conditions and Life-threatening Rare Diseases
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SPONSOR
Franklin
FILED BY
Gallop Franklin — District 8, Democrat [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
on the same date that HB 1381 or similar legislation takes effect
DIED IN
Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee

Filed under Healthcare.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Pub. Rec./Experimental Treatments for Terminal Conditions and Life-threatening Rare Diseases; Provides exemption from public records certain information contained in public report published by DOH relating to experimental treatment outcomes & safety signals; provides statement of public necessity.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Shields patient health and pricing data in DOH's treatment report.

Makes the health information and proprietary pricing information inside the Department of Health's annual report on experimental treatment outcomes confidential, shielding it from Florida's public records law and the state constitution's right of access.

Lawmakers justify the exemption by citing patients' expectation of privacy over sensitive medical information under the Promising Pathways Act, concluding the risk of harm from disclosure outweighs the public's interest in seeing the data.

The exemption itself only becomes law if a companion bill, HB 1381 or similar legislation establishing the underlying report, also passes and takes effect in the same legislative session.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Exempts health and pricing information in the DOH report from public records law majors. 499.0295

AIHealth information and proprietary pricing information contained in the Department of Health's annual report on experimental treatment outcomes and safety signals becomes confidential, exempt from Florida's public records statute and from the state constitution's right-of-access requirement.

“The health information and proprietary pricing information contained in the report is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1)” bill text, line 20 →
§ 2 Exemption's effective date depends on a companion bill passing technicals. 499.0295

AIThis exemption does not take effect on its own; it only becomes law if HB 1381 or similar legislation establishing the underlying experimental-treatment report also passes and becomes law in the same legislative session.

“This act shall take effect on the same date that HB 1381 or similar legislation takes effect” bill text, line 39 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
1/15/2026
Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
1/15/2026
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
1/15/2026
Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
1/15/2026
Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/9/2026
Filed
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STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 499.0295
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