Florida House Bill 993

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises requirements for written disposition agreements required between commissioning couple & treating physician; prohibits health care providers from performing in vitro fertilization without first obtaining informed consent from commissioning couple; requires that such informed consent be obtained each time new in vitro fertilization cycle is undertaken; specifies requirements for informed consent form; requires health care providers to enter into disposition agreement with patients; specifies requirements for such agreements; prohibits health care providers from discarding embryos for nonpayment unless certain conditions are met; requires health care providers to disclose their policies and refer patients to facilities whose policies align with patients' elections; requires health care providers to provide certain disclosures within specified timeframe, with exception; requires health care providers to provide informed consent in patient's primary language or with qualified interpreter; requires informed consent form to state whether interpreter was used; requires health care providers to offer patients opportunity to ask questions & withdraw consent without penalty at any time before embryo transfer; requires health care providers to retain certain records for specified timeframe; requires health care providers to provide patients copy of their records upon request within specified timeframe; provides for disciplinary action.

Informed Consent for Assisted Reproductive Technology

Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	House	Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
2026-01-13	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2026-01-12	House	Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
2026-01-12	House	Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
2026-01-12	House	Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
2026-01-05	House	Filed

S1044 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Health Policy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
456	072		Amended Code	See Bill Text
742	17		Amended Code	See Bill Text
742	175		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/993
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/993/BillText/Filed/PDF