Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1385: Trust Funds/Creation/Experimental Treatments for Terminal Conditions and Life-threatening Rare Diseases
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Creates Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund for specified purposes; authorizes licensed experimental treatment centers to contribute specified amount to trust fund or provide specified care at no cost; provides for termination of trust fund.
What the bill says
An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 499.02955, F.S.; creating the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund for specified purposes; authorizing licensed experimental treatment centers to contribute a specified amount to the trust fund or provide specified care at no cost; providing for termination of the trust fund; providing a contingent effective date.
From the introduced text, January 9, 2026:
An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 499.02955, F.S.; creating the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund for specified purposes; authorizing licensed experimental treatment centers to contribute a specified amount to the trust fund or provide specified care at no cost; providing for termination of the trust fund; providing a contingent effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 499.02955, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 499.02955 Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund.— (1) There is created in the State Treasury the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund within the Department of Health, from which the Legislature may appropriate funds for the purpose of assisting eligible patients who are residents of this state with costs associated with travel to receive experimental treatment or partial care costs under this section. (2) Each licensed experimental treatment center may contribute 2 percent of net annual profits from experimental treatments to the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund, or may provide at no cost experimental treatment care in an HB 1385 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb1385-00 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES equivalent amount as adopted by rule by the department. (3) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State Constitution, the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be terminated …
Sponsors
- Franklin, Gallop (D, HD-008) · primary sponsor
- Franklin (D, 8) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- : Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H1385?
- H1385 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Trust Funds/Creation/Experimental Treatments for Terminal Conditions and Life-threatening Rare Diseases.
- What does H1385 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 499.02955, F.S.; creating the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund for specified purposes; authorizing licensed experimental treatment centers to contribute a specified amount to the trust fund or provide specified care at no cost; providing for termination of the trust fund; providing a contingent effective date.
- What is the status of H1385?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1385?
- Franklin, Gallop (D, HD-008), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H1385?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1385
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