Florida Senate Bill 1140

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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 Policy
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Requiring mental health service providers to furnish clinical records in accordance with specified requirements and within a specified timeframe after receiving a written request for such records; revising provisions related to the release of patient records by hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to conform to changes made by the act; requiring substance abuse service providers to furnish clinical records in accordance with specified requirements and within a specified timeframe after receiving a written request; revising the timeframe within which a nursing home facility must provide access to, and copies of, resident records after receiving a request for such records, etc.

Patient Access to Records

Sen. Erin Grall [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	Senate	Died in Health Policy
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2026-01-12	Senate	Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules
2026-01-05	Senate	Filed

H1309 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Rules

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
316	1932		Amended Code	See Bill Text
316	1933		Amended Code	See Bill Text
394	4615		Amended Code	See Bill Text
395	3025		Amended Code	See Bill Text
395	4025		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	501		Amended Code	See Bill Text
397	702		Amended Code	See Bill Text
400	145		Amended Code	See Bill Text
408	833		Amended Code	See Bill Text
429	294		Amended Code	See Bill Text
440	185		Amended Code	See Bill Text
456	057		Amended Code	See Bill Text
456	47		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1140
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1140/BillText/Filed/HTML