Florida House Bill 577

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires that contracts between individual health insurer, group, blanket, or franchise health insurer & HMO & contracted health care practitioner require specified notice to affected policyholders & subscribers before cancellation or termination of contracts; provides administrative penalties; requires health insurer, HMO & health care practitioner to allow certain policyholders & subscribers to continue coverage & care for specified timeframe; requires insurer & health care practitioner to be bound by terminated contract.

Continuity of Care in Health Insurance Contracts

Rep. Marie Woodson [D]

Rep. Daryl Campbell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	House	Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
2026-01-13	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2025-12-12	House	Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
2025-12-12	House	Referred to Commerce Committee
2025-12-12	House	Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
2025-12-12	House	Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
2025-12-02	House	Filed

S114 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Banking and Insurance

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
627	6474		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	65713		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	315		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	51		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/577
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/577/BillText/Filed/PDF