Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1203: Education on Congenital Cytomegalovirus
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requires DOH, in consultation with medical experts identified by department, to develop educational materials on congenital cytomegalovirus for distribution to expectant & new parents & caregivers; provides requirements for such educational materials; requires certain hospitals, birth centers, & obstetrics & gynecology physician practices to provide educational materials to such parents & caregivers; requires department to provide educational materials to child care facilities; requires licensing boards of certain health care practitioners, beginning on specified date, to require such practitioners to complete board-approved course on congenital cytomegalovirus as part of initial licensure & every other licensure renewal; specifies requirements for course; requires such health care practitioners to submit confirmation of having completed course in specified manner; requires boards to include hour required for completion of course in total hours of continuing education required for such profession, with exception; authorizes person holding two or more licenses subject to continuing education requirement to show proof of completion of course for purposes of relicensure for additional licenses; provides for disciplinary action.
What the bill says
An act relating to education on congenital cytomegalovirus; creating s. 383.142, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health, in consultation with medical experts identified by the department, to develop educational materials on congenital cytomegalovirus for distribution to expectant and new parents or caregivers; providing requirements for such educational materials; requiring certain hospitals, birth centers, and obstetrics and gynecology physician practices to provide the educational materials to such parents and caregivers…
From the introduced text, January 8, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to education on congenital cytomegalovirus; creating s. 383.142, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health, in consultation with medical experts identified by the department, to develop educational materials on congenital cytomegalovirus for distribution to expectant and new parents or caregivers; providing requirements for such educational materials; requiring certain hospitals, birth centers, and obstetrics and gynecology physician practices to provide the educational materials to such parents and caregivers; requiring the department to provide the educational materials to child care facilities; creating s. 456.0302, F.S.; requiring the licensing boards of certain health care practitioners, beginning on a specified date, to require such practitioners to complete a board-approved course on congenital cytomegalovirus as a part of initial licensure and every other licensure renewal; specifying requirements for the course; requiring such health care practitioners to submit confirmation of having completed the course in a specified manner; requiring the boards to include the hour required for completion of the course in the total hours of continuing education required for such profession, words underlined are additions. hb1203-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 1203 2026 with an exception; authorizing a person holding two or more licenses subject to the continuing education requirement to show proof of completion of the course for purposes of relicensure for additional licenses; providing for disciplinary action; authorizing the …
Sponsors
- Skidmore, Kelly (D, HD-092) · primary sponsor
- Campbell, Daryl (D, HD-099)
Latest actions
- : Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- : Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H1203?
- H1203 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Education on Congenital Cytomegalovirus.
- What does H1203 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to education on congenital cytomegalovirus; creating s. 383.142, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health, in consultation with medical experts identified by the department, to develop educational materials on congenital cytomegalovirus for distribution to expectant and new parents or caregivers; providing requirements for such educational materials; requiring certain hospitals, birth centers, and obstetrics and gynecology physician practices to provide the educational materials to such parents and caregivers…
- What is the status of H1203?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1203?
- Skidmore, Kelly (D, HD-092), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H1203?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1203
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