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Died HOUSE · SESSION 2026

No. HB 6003

Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death
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SPONSOR
Trabulsy; López, J.
FILED BY
Dana Trabulsy — District 84, Republican [search donations]
Johanna López — District 43, Democrat [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Rules

Filed under Healthcare.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death; Removes provision precluding certain persons from recovering damages for medical negligence resulting in death.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Lets adult children and their parents recover damages for medical-negligence deaths.

Florida law already lets adult children recover damages when a parent dies from ordinary negligence, and lets a parent recover for an adult child's death if there are no other survivors. A specific carve-out blocked both when the death came from medical negligence.

The repeal removes that carve-out entirely. Adult children and parents of an adult child can now recover the same wrongful-death damages in a medical-negligence death that they could already recover in any other kind of wrongful death.

Three nursing home and assisted living facility statutes also drop their own cross-references to the repealed provision, since there is no longer a rule left for them to say does not apply to their residents' wrongful-death claims.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Lets adult children recover for a parent's medical-negligence death majors. 768.21

AIAdult children can now recover the wrongful-death damages subsection (3) already provides when a parent's death is caused by medical negligence, a category of claim that used to be carved out and barred from that recovery.

“The damages specified in subsection (3) shall not be recoverable by adult children” bill text, line 31 →
§ 2 Lets parents of an adult child recover for a medical-negligence death majors. 768.21

AIA parent of a deceased adult child can now recover the mental pain and suffering damages subsection (4) provides when that child's death is caused by medical negligence, which used to be barred specifically for this type of claim.

“shall not be recoverable by parents of an adult child with respect to claims for medical negligence” bill text, line 33 →
§ 3 Drops now-obsolete cross-references to the repealed bar technicals. 400.023

AINursing home and assisted living facility statutes (sections 400.0235 and 429.295, alongside 400.023) no longer state that the repealed medical-negligence bar does not apply to their wrongful-death claims, since there is no longer any such bar to not apply -- a conforming cleanup, not an independent change to those claims.

“s. 768.21(8) does not apply to a claim alleging death of the resident.” bill text, line 41 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Rules
1/22/2026
Received
1/16/2026
Referred to Rules
1/15/2026
In Messages
1/15/2026
Passed; YEAS 88, NAYS 17
1/15/2026
Read 3rd time
1/15/2026
Added to Third Reading Calendar
1/15/2026
Read 2nd time
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/12/2026
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/15/2026)
11/19/2025
Bill released to House Calendar
11/19/2025
Reported out of Judiciary Committee
11/19/2025
Favorable by Judiciary Committee
11/12/2025
Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
10/15/2025
Now in Judiciary Committee
10/15/2025
Reported out of Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
10/15/2025
Favorable by Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
10/8/2025
Added to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee agenda
10/1/2025
Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
10/1/2025
Referred to Judiciary Committee
10/1/2025
Referred to Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
9/24/2025
Filed
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STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 768.21
+0 / −43
s. 400.023
+0 / −14
s. 400.0235
+0 / −17
s. 429.295
+0 / −17
STAFF ANALYSES