Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H693: Health and Human Services
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Revises health care provisions relating to emergency medical technicians & paramedics; repeals provisions relating to Health Facility & Services Development Act; revises provisions relating to certificates-of-need, the Kidcare program, & Medicaid; requires DCF to develop & implement a food assistance payment accuracy improvement plan; revises significant investigation information DOH is required to report relating to certain physician assistants, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, & social workers; enacts Physician Assistant Licensure Compact, Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact, & Social Work Licensure Interstate Compact; revises practice requirements for autonomous advanced practice registered nurse; revises remediable & delegable duties of dentist; requires certain health insurers to apply payments for services provided by nonpreferred providers toward insureds' deductibles & out-of-pocket maximums.
What the bill says
To be entitled 2 An act relating to health and human services; providing a short title; amending s. 395.1055, F.S.; removing obsolete provisions; amending s. 401.411, 5 F.S.; authorizing the Department of Health to deny, suspend, or revoke a license, certificate, or permit 7 or reprimand, fine, or take adverse action against an 8 emergency medical technician or paramedic under 9 certain circumstances; amending s. 401.25, F.S.; providing exemption from licensure for emergency 11 medical technicians or paramedics under certain 12 circumstances…
From the introduced text, February 25, 2026:
A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to health and human services; providing a short title; amending s. 395.1055, F.S.; removing obsolete provisions; amending s. 401.411, 5 F.S.; authorizing the Department of Health to deny, suspend, or revoke a license, certificate, or permit 7 or reprimand, fine, or take adverse action against an 8 emergency medical technician or paramedic under 9 certain circumstances; amending s. 401.25, F.S.; providing exemption from licensure for emergency 11 medical technicians or paramedics under certain 12 circumstances; requiring the Department of Health to 13 appoint a state delegate for the Interstate Compact 14 Commission for EMS Personnel Practice; creating s. 15 401.466, F.S.; enacting the Emergency Medical Services 16 Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact; providing 17 purpose; providing definitions; providing requirements 18 for home state licensure and practice of EMS 19 personnel; requiring compact states meet certain 20 criteria to participate in the compact; authorizing 21 EMS personnel to practice in other member states under 22 certain circumstances; providing that authority over 23 EMS personnel licenses remains with the home state; providing guidelines and requirements for EMS 25 personnel to practice in a remote state; providing words underlined are additions. hb693-01-c1 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES CS/HB 693 2026 26 that certain terms and provisions of the Emergency 27 Management Assistance Compact apply in specified 28 circumstances; requiring …
Sponsors
- Redondo, Mike (R, HD-118) · primary sponsor
- Webster Barnaby (R, HD-027)
- Barnaby, Webster (R, HD-029)
- Salzman, Michelle (R, HD-001)
- Salzman (R, 1)
- Shoaf, Jason (R, HD-007)
- Shoaf (R, 7)
Latest actions
- : Died in Rules
- : Received
- : Referred to Rules
- : In Messages
- : CS passed; YEAS 79, NAYS 30
- : Read 3rd time
- : Added to Third Reading Calendar
- : Amendment 738461 Failed
- : Amendment 788577 Failed
- : Amendment 965125 Failed
Votes
- House: H 693 c1 (March 3, 2026): 79 yea, 30 nay, passed
- House: Health & Human Services Committee (February 24, 2026): 17 yea, 7 nay, passed
- House: Health & Human Services Committee (February 24, 2026): 17 yea, 7 nay, passed
- House: Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee (January 29, 2026): 12 yea, 4 nay, passed
- House: Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee (January 29, 2026): 12 yea, 4 nay, passed
Subjects: Rules
Common questions
- What is H693?
- H693 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Health and Human Services.
- What does H693 do?
- In its own words: To be entitled 2 An act relating to health and human services; providing a short title; amending s. 395.1055, F.S.; removing obsolete provisions; amending s. 401.411, 5 F.S.; authorizing the Department of Health to deny, suspend, or revoke a license, certificate, or permit 7 or reprimand, fine, or take adverse action against an 8 emergency medical technician or paramedic under 9 certain circumstances; amending s. 401.25, F.S.; providing exemption from licensure for emergency 11 medical technicians or paramedics under certain 12 circumstances…
- What is the status of H693?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Rules (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H693?
- Redondo, Mike (R, HD-118), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H693?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/693
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