Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1443: Parkinson's Disease Registry
Status: Chaptered, March 30, 2026
Requires physicians & advanced practice registered nurses to report certain information to Parkinson's disease registry; provides limited liability for physicians & advanced practice registered nurses under certain circumstances; requires President of Senate & Speaker of House of Representatives to each appoint one member to Parkinson's Disease Research Board; revises membership qualifications & terms; revises report requirements; requires Institute for Parkinson's Disease within University of South Florida, subject to appropriation, to establish & maintain statewide Parkinson's disease registry; provides requirements for such registry; requires institute to create & maintain Parkinson's disease registry-specific website; provides requirements for such website.
What the bill says
An act relating to the Parkinson's disease registry; creating ss. 458.352, 459.075, and 464.0124 F.S.; requiring physicians and advanced practice registered nurses to report certain information to the Parkinson's disease registry; providing limited liability for physicians and advanced practice registered nurses under certain circumstances; amending s. 1004.4352, F.S.; requiring the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to each appoint one member to the Parkinson's Disease Research Board; revising membership qualifications and terms…
From the enrolled text, March 13, 2026:
An act relating to the Parkinson's disease registry; creating ss. 458.352, 459.075, and 464.0124 F.S.; requiring physicians and advanced practice registered nurses to report certain information to the Parkinson's disease registry; providing limited liability for physicians and advanced practice registered nurses under certain circumstances; amending s. 1004.4352, F.S.; requiring the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to each appoint one member to the Parkinson's Disease Research Board; revising membership qualifications and terms; revising report requirements; requiring the Institute for Parkinson's Disease within the University of South Florida, subject to appropriation, to establish and maintain a statewide Parkinson's disease registry; providing requirements for such registry; requiring the institute to create and maintain a Parkinson's disease registry-specific website; providing requirements for such website; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 458.352, Florida Statutes, is created ENROLLED CS/CS/CS/HB 1443, Engrossed 1 2026 Legislature CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb1443 -04-er Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES to read: 458.352 Parkinson's disease registry; reporting requirement.— (1) Beginning January 1, 2027, each physician who diagnoses or treats a patient for Parkinson's disease or atypical parkinsonism shall report to the statewide Parkinson's disease registry, established pursuant to s. 1004.4352, information containing nationally recognized Parkinson's disease and atypical …