FL S1556 | 2020 | Regular Session

Florida Senate Bill 1556 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-10 - Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 1179
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

Prohibiting certain entities from making certain determinations or engaging in certain actions related to organ transplants solely on the basis of an individual's disability; specifying an instance where certain entities may consider an individual's disability, with an exception; requiring certain entities to take certain necessary steps to ensure an individual with a disability is not denied services, with exceptions; prohibiting certain individual and group health insurers and health maintenance organizations, respectively, from denying coverage for organ transplants solely on the basis of an individual's disability under certain circumstances, etc.

Title

Nondiscrimination in Organ Transplants

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-10	Senate	Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 1179
2020-03-10	Senate	Substituted CS/HB 1179
2020-03-10	Senate	Read 2nd time
2020-03-06	Senate	Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/10/20
2020-03-02	Senate	Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2020-03-02	Senate	CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time
2020-03-02	Senate	Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2020-02-27	Senate	CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
2020-02-24	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/27/20, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2020-02-13	Senate	CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time
2020-02-13	Senate	Now in Appropriations
2020-02-13	Senate	Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2020-02-11	Senate	CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
2020-02-06	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 02/11/20, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
2020-01-29	Senate	Now in Banking and Insurance
2020-01-28	Senate	Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
2020-01-23	Senate	On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/28/20, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
2020-01-14	Senate	Introduced
2020-01-13	Senate	Referred to Health Policy; Banking and Insurance; Appropriations
2020-01-08	Senate	Filed

Same As/Similar To

H1179 (Same As) 2020-06-30 - Chapter No. 2020-139
H607 (Similar To) 2020-03-12 - Chapter No. 2020-9

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Citation Type	Statute Text
627	64197	Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	65736	Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	6699	Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	31075	Amended Code	See Bill Text
765	523	Amended Code	See Bill Text

Florida State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1556
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1556/BillText/Filed/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1556/BillText/c1/HTML
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1556/BillText/c2/HTML
Amendment	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1556/Amendment/844372/HTML