THE BILL ITSELF
SB 1556
Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund/Department of Health
Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1556 By Senator Burgess 23-01616-26 20261556__
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A bill to be entitled
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An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 499.02955,
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F.S.; creating the Experimental Treatment Access Trust
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Fund within the Department of Health for specified
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purposes; authorizing licensed experimental treatment
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centers to contribute a specified amount to the trust
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fund or provide specified care at no cost; providing
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for future review and termination or re-creation of
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the trust fund; providing a contingent effective date.
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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Section 1. Section 499.02955, Florida Statutes, is created
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to read:
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499.02955 Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund.—
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(1) There is created in the State Treasury the Experimental
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Treatment Access Trust Fund within the Department of Health,
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from which the Legislature may appropriate funds for the purpose
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of assisting eligible patients who are residents of this state
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with costs associated with travel to receive experimental
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treatment or partial care costs under this section.
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(2) Each licensed experimental treatment center may
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contribute 2 percent of net annual profits from experimental
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treatments to the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund or
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may provide at no cost experimental treatment care in an
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equivalent amount as adopted by rule by the department.
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(3) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
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Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be
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terminated on July 1, 2030. Before its termination, the trust
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fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2).
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Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026, if SB
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___ or similar legislation is adopted in the same legislative
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session or an extension thereof and becomes a law.