Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H4087: Highlands County Hospital District
Status: Chaptered, July 1, 2026
Provides requirements & duties of Board of Commissioners of Highlands County Hospital District before lease or management & sale agreements of assets; provides requirements for agreements; requires hospital to file copy of sale agreement with Department of Commerce; requires board to notify department of sale; provides for judicial reviews; provides for court costs.
What the bill says
An act relating to the Highlands County Hospital District; amending chapter 2004-458, Laws of Florida; providing requirements and duties of the Board of Commissioners of the Highlands County Hospital District before a lease or management agreement with not-for-profit or for-profit corporations; providing requirements for the agreement; providing applicability; authorizing the board to sell the entirety of the assets of the hospital to a not-for-10 profit or for-profit entity under certain circumstances; providing requirements and duties of the board before the sale…
From the enrolled text, March 11, 2026:
An act relating to the Highlands County Hospital District; amending chapter 2004-458, Laws of Florida; providing requirements and duties of the Board of Commissioners of the Highlands County Hospital District before a lease or management agreement with not-for-profit or for-profit corporations; providing requirements for the agreement; providing applicability; authorizing the board to sell the entirety of the assets of the hospital to a not-for-10 profit or for-profit entity under certain circumstances; providing requirements and duties of the board before the sale; providing requirements for the sale agreement; requiring the hospital to file a copy of the sale agreement with the Department of Commerce; requiring the board to notify the department of the sale; providing for judicial reviews; providing for court costs; providing construction; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 35 of section 3 of chapter 2004-458, Laws of Florida, is amended, and sections 37 and 38 are added to that section, to read: ENROLLED CS/HB 4087 2026 Legislature CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb4087 -01-er Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES Section 3. The charter for the Highlands County Hospital District is re-created and reenacted to read: Section 35. In order that citizens and residents of the district may receive quality health care, the board of …
Sponsors
- Tuck, Kaylee (R, HD-083) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter No. 2026-220
- : Approved by Governor
- : Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- : Ordered enrolled
- : In Messages
- : CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 793
- : Read 3rd time -SJ 793
- : Read 2nd time -SJ 793
- : Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- : Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 785
Votes
- Senate: H 4087 c1 (March 11, 2026): 36 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: H 4087 c1 (February 25, 2026): 116 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: State Affairs Committee (February 17, 2026): 22 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: State Affairs Committee (February 17, 2026): 22 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee (February 5, 2026): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee (February 5, 2026): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Rules
Common questions
- What is H4087?
- H4087 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Highlands County Hospital District.
- What does H4087 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the Highlands County Hospital District; amending chapter 2004-458, Laws of Florida; providing requirements and duties of the Board of Commissioners of the Highlands County Hospital District before a lease or management agreement with not-for-profit or for-profit corporations; providing requirements for the agreement; providing applicability; authorizing the board to sell the entirety of the assets of the hospital to a not-for-10 profit or for-profit entity under certain circumstances; providing requirements and duties of the board before the sale…
- What is the status of H4087?
- Chaptered as of July 1, 2026. Latest action: Chapter No. 2026-220 (July 1, 2026).
- Who sponsored H4087?
- Tuck, Kaylee (R, HD-083).
- Where is the official record for H4087?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/4087
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