Patient Access to Records
- Introduced Jan 5, 2026
- In committee Jan 12, 2026
- Passed the Senate
- Passed the House
- To the governor
- Became law Jan 1, 2027
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Patient Access to Records; 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…
Read the full title (104 words)
Patient Access to Records; 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.
Every action
4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- SenateFiled
- CommitteeReferred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules · Senate Health Policy
- SenateIntroduced
- CommitteeDied in Health Policy · Senate Health Policy
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it.
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Erin GrallR Primary sponsor · District 29
From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.