Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S1556: Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund/Department of Health
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Creating the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund within the Department of Health 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 future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 499.02955, F.S.; creating the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund within the Department of Health 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 future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund; providing a contingent effective date.
From the introduced text, January 9, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 499.02955, F.S.; creating the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund within the Department of Health 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 future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund; providing a contingent effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1.âSection 499.02955, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 499.02955âExperimental Treatment Access Trust Fund.â (1)âThere 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)âEach 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 equivalent amount as adopted by rule by the department. (3)âIn accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2030. Before its termination, the trust fund …
Sponsors
- Burgess, Danny (R, SD-023) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Health Policy
- : Introduced
- : Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
- : Filed
Subjects: Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, Health Policy, Appropriations
Common questions
- What is S1556?
- S1556 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund/Department of Health.
- What does S1556 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 499.02955, F.S.; creating the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund within the Department of Health 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 future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund; providing a contingent effective date.
- What is the status of S1556?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Health Policy (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored S1556?
- Burgess, Danny (R, SD-023).
- Where is the official record for S1556?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1556
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