Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S1534: Patient-directed Blood Donations
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Creating the "Patient-Directed Blood Donation Act"; requiring blood banks to comply with a licensed physician's order for an autologous or directed blood donation for a named patient, subject to certain conditions; authorizing blood banks and hospitals to charge a reasonable and necessary fee to cover administrative costs; requiring that all autologous and directed donations be collected, tested, stored, and transfused in accordance with certain laws and standards, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to patient-directed blood donations; amending s. 381.0601, F.S.; providing a short title; defining terms; requiring blood banks to comply with a licensed physicianâs order for an autologous or directed blood donation for a named patient, subject to certain conditions; requiring hospitals that facilitate blood donations or contract with blood banks to allow patients to provide autologous or directed donations under certain circumstances; authorizing blood banks and hospitals to charge a reasonable and necessary fee to cover administrative costs…
From the introduced text, January 9, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to patient-directed blood donations; amending s. 381.0601, F.S.; providing a short title; defining terms; requiring blood banks to comply with a licensed physicianâs order for an autologous or directed blood donation for a named patient, subject to certain conditions; requiring hospitals that facilitate blood donations or contract with blood banks to allow patients to provide autologous or directed donations under certain circumstances; authorizing blood banks and hospitals to charge a reasonable and necessary fee to cover administrative costs; providing requirements for the fee structure; providing construction; requiring that all autologous and directed donations be collected, tested, stored, and transfused in accordance with certain laws and standards; requiring that a unit of blood or blood component collected for an autologous or directed donation for a specific patient be reserved for that patient; providing exceptions; providing for the reversion of a reserved unit of blood or blood component to general inventory to be used for other patients under certain circumstances; authorizing the use of a reserved unit of blood or blood component in certain emergency circumstances; authorizing the Department of Health to adopt rules; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1.âSection 381.0601, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: (Substantial rewording of section. See s. …