Florida HB 1385: Department of Transportation

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HB 1385 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 499.02955, 2
F.S.; creating the Experimental Treatment Access Trust 3
Fund for specified purposes; authorizing licensed 4
experimental treatment centers to contribute a 5
specified amount to the trust fund or provide 6
specified care at no cost; providing for termination 7
of the trust fund; providing a contingent effective 8
date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Section 499.02955, Florida Statutes, is created 13
to read: 14
499.02955 Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund.— 15
(1) There is created in the State Treasury the 16
Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund within the Department 17
of Health, from which the Legislature may appropriate funds for 18
the purpose of assisting eligible patients who are residents of 19
this state with costs associated with travel to receive 20
experimental treatment or partial care costs under this section. 21
(2) Each licensed experimental treatment center may 22
contribute 2 percent of net annual profits from experimental 23
treatments to the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund, or 24
may provide at no cost experimental treatment care in an 25

HB 1385 2026

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equivalent amount as adopted by rule by the department. 26
(3) In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State 27
Constitution, the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund 28
shall, unless terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2030. 29
Before its termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as 30
provided in s. 215.3206(1). 31
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026, but 32
only if HB 1381 or similar legislation is adopted in the same 33
legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law. 34