Florida · Senate Bill 1552 · 2026 Regular Session

Experimental Treatments for Terminal Conditions and Life-threatening Rare Diseases

SB 1552 Sponsored by Danny Burgess Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 9, 2026
  2. In committee Jan 16, 2026
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

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

Experimental Treatments for Terminal Conditions and Life-threatening Rare Diseases; Citing this act as the “Promising Pathways Act"; authorizing licensed physicians to prescribe and eligible facilities to administer experimental treatments, if certain requirements are met; requiring the Department of Health to establish and maintain a patient registry for specified purposes; encouraging health insurers and health…

Read the full title (104 words)

Experimental Treatments for Terminal Conditions and Life-threatening Rare Diseases; Citing this act as the “Promising Pathways Act"; authorizing licensed physicians to prescribe and eligible facilities to administer experimental treatments, if certain requirements are met; requiring the Department of Health to establish and maintain a patient registry for specified purposes; encouraging health insurers and health maintenance organizations to provide specified insurance coverage for experimental treatments; authorizing licensed physicians and eligible facilities to receive reimbursement for the prescription or administration of experimental treatments if certain requirements are met; requiring manufacturers of experimental treatments to provide for a specified temporary price concession set by the department, etc.

Every action

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

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations · Senate Health Policy
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeDied in Health Policy · Senate Health Policy

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

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