Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H349: Cardiac Service Providers
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Revises requirements for licensure of Level I & Level II adult cardiovascular programs; requires AHCA to update specified rules as new applicable industry standards & guidelines are published.
What the bill says
An act relating to cardiac services providers; amending s. 395.1055, F.S.; revising requirements for licensure of Level I and Level II adult cardiovascular programs; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to update specified rules as new applicable industry standards and guidelines are published; providing an effective date.
From the introduced text, November 5, 2025:
An act relating to cardiac services providers; amending s. 395.1055, F.S.; revising requirements for licensure of Level I and Level II adult cardiovascular programs; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to update specified rules as new applicable industry standards and guidelines are published; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsections (18) and (19) of section 395.1055, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 395.1055 Rules and enforcement.— (18)(a) In establishing rules for adult cardiovascular services, The agency shall grant licensure include provisions that allow for: (a) the establishment of two hospital program licensure levels, a Level I program that authorizes the performance of adult percutaneous cardiac intervention without onsite cardiac surgery, including rotational or other atherectomy devices, electrophysiology, and treatment of chronic total occlusions, and a Level II program that authorizes the performance of percutaneous cardiac intervention with onsite cardiac surgery. (b)1. For A hospital seeking licensure as a Level I HB 349 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb349-00 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES program must:, demonstration that, for the most recent 12-month period as reported to the agency, the hospital has provided a minimum of 300 adult inpatient and outpatient diagnostic cardiac catheterizations or, for the most recent 12-month period, has discharged or transferred …
Sponsors
- Owen, Michael (R, HD-070) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- : Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H349?
- H349 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Cardiac Service Providers.
- What does H349 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to cardiac services providers; amending s. 395.1055, F.S.; revising requirements for licensure of Level I and Level II adult cardiovascular programs; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to update specified rules as new applicable industry standards and guidelines are published; providing an effective date.
- What is the status of H349?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H349?
- Owen, Michael (R, HD-070).
- Where is the official record for H349?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/349
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