Florida House Bill 1489

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires large health care facilities to develop written financial assistance policies; provides financial assistance eligibility criteria; provides billing & collections rules & prohibitions; prohibits information relating to medical debt from being included in consumer reports, communicated with & reported to consumer reporting agencies, & used for certain decisions; prohibits medical creditors & medical debt collectors from engaging in certain acts during health insurance appeals; limits interest on medical debt under certain circumstances; creates Florida Health Plan; provides eligibility for & coverage of plan; authorizes Florida Health Board to establish financial arrangements with other states & foreign countries; authorizes plan enrollees to choose certain health care providers to have primary care providers & access to care coordination; authorizes enrollees to see health care specialists without referral; requires board to secure repeals & waivers of certain provisions of federal law; provides that plan's responsibility for providing health care is secondary to existing federal programs; requires plan to collect health care costs from collateral sources; prohibits patient care from being affected by fee schedules & financial incentives; prohibits noninstitutional & institutional providers that accept payments from plan from billing patients; provides requirements for capital expenditures by noninstitutional & institutional providers which exceed specified amount; requires Secretary of Health Care Administration to designate health planning regions; provides considerations for such designations; provides requirements for regional planning boards; prohibits certain health insurance policies & contracts from being sold in this state on & after specified date.

Medical Debt Protection and Comprehensive Health Care for Residents

Rep. Dotie Joseph [D]

Rep. Anna Eskamani [D]

Rep. Felicia Simone Robinson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	House	Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
2026-01-15	House	Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
2026-01-15	House	Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
2026-01-15	House	Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
2026-01-15	House	Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
2026-01-13	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2026-01-09	House	Filed

H1491 (Related) 2026-03-13 - Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
S740 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Banking and Insurance

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
381	4011		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	71		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	72		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	73		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	74		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	755		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	77		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	78		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	791		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	792		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	793		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	794		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	795		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	796		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	797		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	798		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	799		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1489
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1489/BillText/Filed/PDF