Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H917: Health Care
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Defines "treat," "treated," & "treatment"; authorizes individual to refuse examination, testing, or treatment for specified reasons; prohibits discrimination against patient based on patient's vaccination status; requires licensed health care practitioners to inform parent or legal guardian of minor child of risks, benefits, safety, & efficacy of specified vaccines, obtain signature from parent or legal guardian before administration of vaccine, & provide parent or legal guardian with option of alternative vaccination schedule; authorizes pharmacist to provide ivermectin without prescription; requires pharmacist to provide specified information to patient; provides pharmacists with immunity from civil & criminal liability & disciplinary action; authorizes Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules; authorizes parent to exempt their child from health examination or from administration of immunizing agents based on conscience grounds; requires DOH to make publicly available, by posting on its Internet website, exemption form for parents & legal guardians.
What the bill says
An act relating to health care; providing a short title; repealing s. 1 of chapter 2025-114, Laws of Florida, and s. 9 of chapter 2023-43, Laws of Florida, relating to the repeal of the definition of the term "messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine" by a specified date; amending s. 381.00315, F.S.; defining the term "treat," "treated," and "treatment"; amending s. 381.026, F.S.; prohibiting discrimination against a patient based on the patient's vaccination status; amending s. 456.072, F.S.…
From the introduced text, December 29, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to health care; providing a short title; repealing s. 1 of chapter 2025-114, Laws of Florida, and s. 9 of chapter 2023-43, Laws of Florida, relating to the repeal of the definition of the term "messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine" by a specified date; amending s. 381.00315, F.S.; defining the term "treat," "treated," and "treatment"; amending s. 381.026, F.S.; prohibiting discrimination against a patient based on the patient's vaccination status; amending s. 456.072, F.S.; revising the list of acts that constitute grounds for disciplinary actions for health care practitioners; amending s. 456.0575, F.S.; requiring licensed health care practitioners to inform the parent or legal guardian of a minor child of the risks, benefits, safety, and efficacy of specified vaccines, obtain a signature from the parent or legal guardian before the administration of the vaccine, and provide the parent or legal guardian with the option of an alternative vaccination schedule; creating s. 465.1897, F.S.; authorizing a pharmacist to provide ivermectin without a prescription under certain circumstances; requiring the pharmacist to provide specified information to the patient; providing pharmacists with immunity from civil and criminal words underlined are additions. hb917-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 917 2026 liability and disciplinary action under certain circumstances; authorizing the Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules; amending s. 1003.22, F.S.; authorizing a …
Sponsors
- Holcomb, Jeff (R, HD-053) · primary sponsor
- Alvarez, Danny (R, HD-069)
- Plasencia, Susan (R, HD-037)
- Plasencia (R, 37)
Latest actions
- : Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- : Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H917?
- H917 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Health Care.
- What does H917 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to health care; providing a short title; repealing s. 1 of chapter 2025-114, Laws of Florida, and s. 9 of chapter 2023-43, Laws of Florida, relating to the repeal of the definition of the term "messenger ribonucleic acid vaccine" by a specified date; amending s. 381.00315, F.S.; defining the term "treat," "treated," and "treatment"; amending s. 381.026, F.S.; prohibiting discrimination against a patient based on the patient's vaccination status; amending s. 456.072, F.S.…
- What is the status of H917?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H917?
- Holcomb, Jeff (R, HD-053), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H917?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/917
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