Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H369: Patient-directed Medical Orders
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Authorizes execution of patient-directed medical order for specified purpose; provides requirements for valid patient-directed medical orders; authorizes use of telehealth for specified purpose; requires that certain health care services be provided to principal regardless of decision to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures; authorizes physicians, physician assistants, & advanced practice registered nurses to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures without penalty; requires AHCA to create & update database for storage of patient-directed medical orders.
What the bill says
An act relating to patient-directed medical orders; amending s. 765.101, F.S.; revising definitions and defining the term "patient-directed medical order"; amending s. 765.102, F.S.; revising legislative findings and intent; creating s. 765.3041, F.S.; authorizing the execution of a patient-directed medical order for a specified purpose; providing requirements for valid patient-directed medical orders; authorizing the use of telehealth for a specified purpose…
From the introduced text, November 6, 2025:
An act relating to patient-directed medical orders; amending s. 765.101, F.S.; revising definitions and defining the term "patient-directed medical order"; amending s. 765.102, F.S.; revising legislative findings and intent; creating s. 765.3041, F.S.; authorizing the execution of a patient-directed medical order for a specified purpose; providing requirements for valid patient-directed medical orders; authorizing the use of telehealth for a specified purpose; requiring that certain health care services be provided to the principal regardless of the decision to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures; authorizing physicians, physician assistants, and advanced practice registered nurses to withhold or withdraw life-prolonging procedures under certain circumstances without penalty; providing construction; amending ss. 395.1041, 400.142, 400.487, 400.605, 400.6095, 400.611, 401.35, 401.45, 429.255, 429.73, 744.4431, 752.001, 765.110, 765.204, 765.205, and 765.305, F.S.; conforming cross-references and provisions to changes made by the act; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to create and update a database for the storage of patient-directed medical orders; providing an effective date. HB 369 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb369-00 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Present subsections (15) through (22) of section 765.101, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (16) through (23), respectively, a new subsection (15) is added to that section, and subsections (1) and (7) …
Sponsors
- Plasencia, Susan (R, HD-037) · primary sponsor
- Plasencia (R, 37) · primary sponsor
- Shane Abbott (R, HD-005) · primary sponsor
- Abbott, Shane (R, HD-005) · 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 Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H369?
- H369 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Patient-directed Medical Orders.
- What does H369 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to patient-directed medical orders; amending s. 765.101, F.S.; revising definitions and defining the term "patient-directed medical order"; amending s. 765.102, F.S.; revising legislative findings and intent; creating s. 765.3041, F.S.; authorizing the execution of a patient-directed medical order for a specified purpose; providing requirements for valid patient-directed medical orders; authorizing the use of telehealth for a specified purpose…
- What is the status of H369?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H369?
- Plasencia, Susan (R, HD-037), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H369?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/369
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