SB 1156: Ambulatory Surgical Centers

GENERAL BILL by Trumbull

Ambulatory Surgical Centers; Specifying requirements for issuance, denial, suspension, and revocation of ambulatory surgical center licenses; requiring each licensed facility to maintain and provide upon request records of all inspection reports pertaining to that facility; prohibiting any person from paying or receiving a commission, bonus, kickback, or rebate or engaging in any split-fee arrangement for referring a patient to a licensed facility; prohibiting a licensed facility from denying, for a specified reason, the applications of certain licensed health care practitioners for staff membership and clinical privileges; requiring licensed facilities to provide for peer review of certain physicians and develop procedures to conduct such reviews, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 1/6/2026 09:09 AM

• Senate Committee References (2)

  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Fiscal Policy (FP)

• Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1207 (c1) by Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee Ambulatory Surgical Centers Last Action: 3/13/2026 S Died in Rules	Compare
  S 1596 by Rouson Medical Malpractice Liability Coverage Last Action: 3/13/2026 S Died in Judiciary	Compare

• Analyses (3)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  • Health Policy (Pre-Meeting)   1/27/2026
  • Health Policy (Post-Meeting)   1/27/2026
  • Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting)   2/4/2026

• Committee Votes (1)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  1/26/2026 3:30 PM	S 1156	Health Policy	10 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (117)

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  39.304	Photographs, medical examinations, X rays, and medical treatment of abused, abandoned, or neglected child.	Page 65 (pdf)
  95.11	Limitations other than for the recovery of real property.	Page 66 (pdf)
  222.26	Additional exemptions from legal process concerning medical debt.	Page 66 (pdf)
  381.00316	Discrimination by governmental and business entities based on health care choices; prohibition.	Page 67 (pdf)
  381.0035	Educational course on HIV and AIDS; employees and clients of certain health care facilities.	Page 67 (pdf)
  381.026	Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.	Page 68 (pdf)
  381.028	Adverse medical incidents.	Page 71 (pdf)
  381.915	Casey DeSantis Cancer Research Program.	Page 73 (pdf)
  383.145	Newborn, infant, and toddler hearing screening.	Page 74 (pdf)
  385.202	Statewide cancer registry.	Page 75 (pdf)
  385.211	Refractory and intractable epilepsy treatment and research at recognized medical centers.	Page 75 (pdf)
  390.011	Definitions.	Page 76 (pdf)
  390.025	Abortion referral or counseling agencies; penalties.	Page 76 (pdf)
  394.4787	Definitions; ss. 394.4786, 394.4787, 394.4788, and 394.4789.	Page 76 (pdf)
  395.001	Legislative intent.	Page 77 (pdf)
  395.002	Definitions.	Page 77 (pdf)
  395.003	Licensure; denial, suspension, and revocation.	Page 78 (pdf)
  395.1055	Rules and enforcement.	Page 79 (pdf)
  395.10973	Powers and duties of the agency.	Page 80 (pdf)
  395.3025	Patient and personnel records; copies; examination.	Page 80 (pdf)
  395.607	Rural emergency hospitals.	Page 81 (pdf)
  395.701	Annual assessments on net operating revenues for inpatient and outpatient services to fund public medical assistance; administrative fines for failure to pay assessments when due; exemption.	Page 81 (pdf)
  396.201		Page 13 (pdf)
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  396.223		Page 58 (pdf)
  396.224		Page 60 (pdf)
  396.225		Page 60 (pdf)
  400.518	Prohibited referrals to home health agencies.	Page 81 (pdf)
  400.93	Licensure required; exemptions; unlawful acts; penalties.	Page 82 (pdf)
  400.9905	Definitions.	Page 82 (pdf)
  400.9935	Clinic responsibilities.	Page 86 (pdf)
  401.272	Emergency medical services community health care.	Page 87 (pdf)
  408.051	Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act.	Page 87 (pdf)
  408.07	Definitions.	Page 88 (pdf)
  408.802	Applicability.	Page 88 (pdf)
  408.820	Exemptions.	Page 89 (pdf)
  409.905	Mandatory Medicaid services.	Page 89 (pdf)
  409.906	Optional Medicaid services.	Page 90 (pdf)
  409.975	Managed care plan accountability.	Page 90 (pdf)
  456.013	Department; general licensing provisions.	Page 93 (pdf)
  456.0135	General background screening provisions.	Page 93 (pdf)
  456.041	Practitioner profile; creation.	Page 94 (pdf)
  456.053	Financial arrangements between referring health care providers and providers of health care services.	Page 94 (pdf)
  456.056	Treatment of Medicare beneficiaries; refusal, emergencies, consulting physicians.	Page 97 (pdf)
  456.0575	Duty to notify patients.	Page 97 (pdf)
  456.072	Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement.	Page 98 (pdf)
  456.073	Disciplinary proceedings.	Page 99 (pdf)
  458.3145	Medical faculty certificate.	Page 100 (pdf)
  458.320	Financial responsibility.	Page 100 (pdf)
  458.3265	Pain-management clinics.	Page 102 (pdf)
  458.328	Office surgeries.	Page 104 (pdf)
  458.347	Physician assistants.	Page 105 (pdf)
  458.351	Reports of adverse incidents in office practice settings.	Page 105 (pdf)
  459.0085	Financial responsibility.	Page 106 (pdf)
  459.0137	Pain-management clinics.	Page 108 (pdf)
  459.0138	Office surgeries.	Page 110 (pdf)
  459.015	Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board and department.	Page 110 (pdf)
  459.022	Physician assistants.	Page 112 (pdf)
  459.026	Reports of adverse incidents in office practice settings.	Page 112 (pdf)
  460.413	Grounds for disciplinary action; action by board or department.	Page 113 (pdf)
  460.4167	Proprietorship by persons other than licensed chiropractic physicians.	Page 113 (pdf)
  461.013	Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board; investigations by department.	Page 114 (pdf)
  464.012	Licensure of advanced practice registered nurses; fees; controlled substance prescribing.	Page 115 (pdf)
  465.0125	Consultant pharmacist license; application, renewal, fees; responsibilities; rules.	Page 115 (pdf)
  465.016	Disciplinary actions.	Page 116 (pdf)
  466.028	Grounds for disciplinary action; action by the board.	Page 117 (pdf)
  468.505	Exemptions; exceptions.	Page 117 (pdf)
  486.021	Definitions.	Page 118 (pdf)
  499.003	Definitions of terms used in this part.	Page 119 (pdf)
  499.0295	Experimental treatments for terminal conditions.	Page 119 (pdf)
  553.80	Enforcement.	Page 119 (pdf)
  627.351	Insurance risk apportionment plans.	Page 120 (pdf)
  627.357	Medical malpractice self-insurance.	Page 122 (pdf)
  627.6056	Coverage for ambulatory surgical center service.	Page 123 (pdf)
  627.6387	Shared savings incentive program.	Page 123 (pdf)
  627.6405	Decreasing inappropriate utilization of emergency care.	Page 123 (pdf)
  627.64194	Coverage requirements for services provided by nonparticipating providers; payment collection limitations.	Page 124 (pdf)
  627.6616	Coverage for ambulatory surgical center service.	Page 124 (pdf)
  627.6648	Shared savings incentive program.	Page 125 (pdf)
  627.736	Required personal injury protection benefits; exclusions; priority; claims.	Page 125 (pdf)
  627.912	Professional liability claims and actions; reports by insurers and health care providers; annual report by office.	Page 129 (pdf)
  641.31076	Shared savings incentive program.	Page 130 (pdf)
  765.101	Definitions.	Page 131 (pdf)
  766.101	Medical review committee, immunity from liability.	Page 131 (pdf)
  766.1016	Patient safety data privilege.	Page 133 (pdf)
  766.106	Notice before filing action for medical negligence; presuit screening period; offers for admission of liability and for arbitration; informal discovery; review.	Page 134 (pdf)
  766.110	Liability of health care facilities.	Page 135 (pdf)
  766.1115	Health care providers; creation of agency relationship with governmental contractors.	Page 135 (pdf)
  766.118	Determination of noneconomic damages.	Page 137 (pdf)
  766.202	Definitions; ss. 766.201-766.212.	Page 139 (pdf)
  766.316	Notice to obstetrical patients of participation in the plan.	Page 139 (pdf)
  790.338	Medical privacy concerning firearms; prohibitions; penalties; exceptions.	Page 140 (pdf)
  812.014	Theft.	Page 141 (pdf)
  893.05	Practitioners and persons administering controlled substances in their absence.	Page 143 (pdf)
  893.13	Prohibited acts; penalties.	Page 143 (pdf)
  945.6041	Inmate medical services.	Page 144 (pdf)
  985.6441	Health care services.	Page 145 (pdf)
  1001.42	Powers and duties of district school board.	Page 147 (pdf)
  1012.965	Payment of costs of civil action against employees.	Page 148 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/6/2026	S	• Filed
  1/12/2026	S	• Referred to Health Policy; Fiscal Policy
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  1/21/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/26/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
  1/26/2026	S	• Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
  1/27/2026	S	• Now in Fiscal Policy
  2/2/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/05/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Fiscal Policy