Florida · House Bill 1603 · 2025 Regular Session

Comprehensive Health Care for Residents

HB 1603 Sponsored by Dotie Joseph Died in committee

  1. Introduced Feb 28, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 5, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Comprehensive Health Care for Residents; Provides eligibility of all state residents for Florida Health Plan; authorizes plan enrollees to choose health care providers; authorizes enrollees to see health care specialists without referral; prohibits cost-sharing requirements from being imposed on enrollees; requires board to secure repeals & waivers of certain provisions of federal law; provides that plan's…

Read the full title (167 words)

Comprehensive Health Care for Residents; Provides eligibility of all state residents for Florida Health Plan; authorizes plan enrollees to choose health care providers; authorizes enrollees to see health care specialists without referral; prohibits cost-sharing requirements from being imposed on enrollees; 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 Government programs; requires plan to collect health care costs from collateral sources under certain circumstance; prohibits eligibility for health care benefits from being impaired by defaults, underpayments, & late payments; requires Secretary of Health Care Administration to designate health planning regions; provides applicability of Code of Ethics for Public Officers & Employees; creates Conflict-of-Interest Committee, Ombudsman Office for Patient Advocacy, & position of plan auditor; provides that plan policies & procedures are exempt from Administrative Procedure Act; provides timeline for operation of plan; prohibits certain health insurance policies & contracts from being sold in this state on & after specified date.

Every action

8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. House1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  3. CommitteeReferred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee · House Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
  4. CommitteeReferred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee · House Health Care Budget Subcommittee
  5. CommitteeReferred to Health & Human Services Committee · House Health & Human Services Committee
  6. CommitteeNow in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee · House Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
  7. HouseIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
  8. CommitteeDied in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee · House Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

All 1 cosponsor

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.