Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S606: Drowning Prevention Education
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requiring the Department of Health to develop educational materials on drowning prevention safety measures and safe bathing practices for specified purposes; providing requirements for such materials; requiring hospitals, birth centers, and home birth providers to provide the educational materials to new parents and caregivers as part of their postpartum education and care, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to drowning prevention education; creating s. 383.3363, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to develop educational materials on drowning prevention safety measures and safe bathing practices for specified purposes; providing requirements for such materials; requiring hospitals, birth centers, and home birth providers to provide the educational materials to new parents and caregivers as part of their postpartum education and care…
From the introduced text, February 16, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to drowning prevention education; creating s. 383.3363, F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to develop educational materials on drowning prevention safety measures and safe bathing practices for specified purposes; providing requirements for such materials; requiring hospitals, birth centers, and home birth providers to provide the educational materials to new parents and caregivers as part of their postpartum education and care; requiring childbirth educators to provide the informational materials to parents or caregivers receiving childbirth education; amending ss. 383.318 and 395.1053, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1.âSection 383.3363, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 383.3363âEducation on drowning prevention safety measures and safe bathing practices.â (1)âThe Department of Health shall develop educational materials on drowning prevention safety measures and safe bathing practices to be distributed to parents or caregivers as part of postpartum or childbirth education provided by hospitals, birth centers, home birth providers, and childbirth educators in this state. The materials must include, but need not be limited to, instruction on all of the following: (a)âThe increased risk of drowning for infants and toddlers in bathtubs, pools, and other water sources, citing available data on such drownings. (b)âWater safety measures parents can employ …