Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H993: Informed Consent for Assisted Reproductive Technology
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Revises requirements for written disposition agreements required between commissioning couple & treating physician; prohibits health care providers from performing in vitro fertilization without first obtaining informed consent from commissioning couple; requires that such informed consent be obtained each time new in vitro fertilization cycle is undertaken; specifies requirements for informed consent form; requires health care providers to enter into disposition agreement with patients; specifies requirements for such agreements; prohibits health care providers from discarding embryos for nonpayment unless certain conditions are met; requires health care providers to disclose their policies and refer patients to facilities whose policies align with patients' elections; requires health care providers to provide certain disclosures within specified timeframe, with exception; requires health care providers to provide informed consent in patient's primary language or with qualified interpreter; requires informed consent form to state whether interpreter was used; requires health care providers to offer patients opportunity to ask questions & withdraw consent without penalty at any time before embryo transfer; requires health care providers to retain certain records for specified timeframe; requires health care providers to provide patients copy of their records upon request within specified timeframe; provides for disciplinary action.
What the bill says
An act relating to informed consent for assisted reproductive technology; amending s. 742.17, F.S.; revising requirements for certain written disposition agreements required between a commissioning couple and a treating physician; creating s. 742.175, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting health care providers from performing in vitro fertilization without first obtaining informed consent from the commissioning couple; requiring that such informed consent be obtained each time a new in vitro fertilization cycle is undertaken…
From the introduced text, January 5, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to informed consent for assisted reproductive technology; amending s. 742.17, F.S.; revising requirements for certain written disposition agreements required between a commissioning couple and a treating physician; creating s. 742.175, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting health care providers from performing in vitro fertilization without first obtaining informed consent from the commissioning couple; requiring that such informed consent be obtained each time a new in vitro fertilization cycle is undertaken; requiring health care providers to provide the patient certain information; providing construction; specifying requirements for the informed consent form; requiring health care providers to enter into a written disposition agreement with patients to track specified elections; specifying requirements for such agreements; prohibiting health care providers from discarding embryos for nonpayment unless certain conditions are met; providing construction; requiring health care providers to disclose their policies; requiring health care providers to provide certain disclosures within a specified timeframe; providing an exception; requiring health care providers to provide informed consent in the patients' primary language or words underlined are additions. hb993-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 993 2026 with a qualified interpreter; requiring that the informed consent form state whether an interpreter was used; requiring health care providers to offer patients the opportunity to ask questions and withdraw consent without penalty at any time before an embryo transfer; requiring …
Sponsors
- Jenna Persons-Mulicka (R, 78) · primary sponsor
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 Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H993?
- H993 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Informed Consent for Assisted Reproductive Technology.
- What does H993 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to informed consent for assisted reproductive technology; amending s. 742.17, F.S.; revising requirements for certain written disposition agreements required between a commissioning couple and a treating physician; creating s. 742.175, F.S.; defining terms; prohibiting health care providers from performing in vitro fertilization without first obtaining informed consent from the commissioning couple; requiring that such informed consent be obtained each time a new in vitro fertilization cycle is undertaken…
- What is the status of H993?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H993?
- Jenna Persons-Mulicka (R, 78).
- Where is the official record for H993?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/993
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