HB 917: Health Care

GENERAL BILL by Holcomb; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Alvarez, D., Plasencia

Health Care; Defines "treat," "treated," & "treatment"; authorizes individual to refuse examination, testing, or treatment for specified reasons; prohibits discrimination against patient based on patient's vaccination status; requires licensed health care practitioners to inform parent or legal guardian of minor child of risks, benefits, safety, & efficacy of specified vaccines, obtain signature from parent or legal guardian before administration of vaccine, & provide parent or legal guardian with option of alternative vaccination schedule; authorizes pharmacist to provide ivermectin without prescription; requires pharmacist to provide specified information to patient; provides pharmacists with immunity from civil & criminal liability & disciplinary action; authorizes Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules; authorizes parent to exempt their child from health examination or from administration of immunizing agents based on conscience grounds; requires DOH to make publicly available, by posting on its Internet website, exemption form for parents & legal guardians.

Current Bill Version Posted: 12/29/2025 08:48 AM

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  S 1756 (e1) by Yarborough Medical Freedom Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Messages	Compare

• Citations - Statute (6)

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  381.00315	Public health advisories; public health emergencies; isolation and quarantines.	Page 2 (pdf)
  381.026	Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.	Page 3 (pdf)
  456.0575	Duty to notify patients.	Page 11 (pdf)
  456.072	Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement.	Page 12 (pdf)
  465.1897		Page 12 (pdf)
  1003.22	School-entry health examinations; immunization against communicable diseases; exemptions; duties of Department of Health.	Page 13 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  12/29/2025	H	• Filed
  1/12/2026	H	• Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee • Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
  1/13/2026	H	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  3/13/2026	H	• Died in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee