Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H497: Neurofibromatosis Research Grants
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Creates Neurofibromatosis Disease Grant Program within DOH; provides purpose program; requires, subject to appropriation, program to award certain grants; provides requirements for grant applications; requires Rare Disease Advisory Council & peer review panels to establish & follow specified guidelines; prohibits members of council & panels from participating in certain discussions & decisions; authorizes certain appropriation funds to be carried forward.
What the bill says
An act relating to the neurofibromatosis research grants; creating s. 381.994, F.S.; creating the Neurofibromatosis Disease Grant Program within the Department of Health; providing purpose of the program; requiring, subject to appropriation, the program to award certain grants; providing requirements for grant applications; requiring the Rare Disease Advisory Council and the peer review panels to establish and follow specified guidelines; prohibiting members of the council and panels from participating in certain discussions and decisions under certain circumstances…
From the introduced text, February 11, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to the neurofibromatosis research grants; creating s. 381.994, F.S.; creating the Neurofibromatosis Disease Grant Program within the Department of Health; providing purpose of the program; requiring, subject to appropriation, the program to award certain grants; providing requirements for grant applications; requiring the Rare Disease Advisory Council and the peer review panels to establish and follow specified guidelines; prohibiting members of the council and panels from participating in certain discussions and decisions under certain circumstances; authorizing certain appropriation funds to be carried forward under certain circumstances; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 381.994, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 381.994 Neurofibromatosis Disease Grant Program-- (1)(a) There is created within the Department of Health the Neurofibromatosis Disease Grant Program. The purpose of the program is to advance the progress of research and cures for neurofibromatosis by awarding grants through a competitive, words underlined are additions. hb497-01-c1 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES CS/HB 497 2026 peer-reviewed process. (b) Subject to legislative appropriation, the program shall award grants for scientific and clinical research to further the search for new diagnostics, treatments, and cures for neurofibromatosis. (2)(a) Applications for grants for neurofibromatosis disease research may be submitted by any university or established research institute in the state. All qualified …
Sponsors
- Gonzalez Pittman, Karen (R, HD-065) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Health & Human Services Committee
- : Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- : Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- : 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- : CS Filed
- : Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- : Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Favorable with CS by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
Votes
- House: Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee (February 11, 2026): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee (February 11, 2026): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H497?
- H497 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Neurofibromatosis Research Grants.
- What does H497 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the neurofibromatosis research grants; creating s. 381.994, F.S.; creating the Neurofibromatosis Disease Grant Program within the Department of Health; providing purpose of the program; requiring, subject to appropriation, the program to award certain grants; providing requirements for grant applications; requiring the Rare Disease Advisory Council and the peer review panels to establish and follow specified guidelines; prohibiting members of the council and panels from participating in certain discussions and decisions under certain circumstances…
- What is the status of H497?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Health & Human Services Committee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H497?
- Gonzalez Pittman, Karen (R, HD-065).
- Where is the official record for H497?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/497
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