Florida SB 1122: Florida Virtual School

Bill Text

1122 
Activities of Special Districts 
2026-01-05T11:40:36Z 
Authorizing certain special districts meeting particular criteria to jointly enter into, participate in, establish, and control specified joint relationships or collaborations anywhere within the boundaries of either or all such special districts; establishing state action immunity; authorizing such districts to exercise such powers regardless of certain consequences, etc. 
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2026 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1122 

 By Senator Gruters 

 22-00662A-26 20261122__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to activities of special districts; 
 3 providing legislative findings; amending s. 189.081, 
 4 F.S.; authorizing certain special districts meeting 
 5 particular criteria to jointly enter into, participate 
 6 in, establish, and control specified joint 
 7 relationships or collaborations anywhere within the 
 8 boundaries of either or all such special districts; 
 9 establishing state action immunity; authorizing such 
 10 districts to exercise such powers regardless of 
 11 certain consequences; providing construction; 
 12 providing an effective date. 
 13 
 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 15 
 16 Section 1. The Legislature finds and declares that the 
 17 provision of quality and cost-efficient medical care is a public 
 18 necessity and that this act serves a public purpose. The 
 19 Legislature further finds and declares that collaborations of 
 20 special districts that operate as hospital districts under this 
 21 act benefit the residents of this state by improving access to 
 22 health care services, strengthening the integration of health 
 23 care service providers, and promoting the continuity of care 
 24 provided to the residents of the state, and that such 
 25 relationships and collaborations are vitally important to and 
 26 necessary for the preservation of the public health and welfare 
 27 of such districts, the inhabitants thereof, and the residents of 
 28 this state. 
 29 Section 2. Subsection (7) is added to section 189.081, 
 30 Florida Statutes, to read: 
 31 189.081 Activities of special districts; local government 
 32 comprehensive planning.— 
 33 (7)(a) Two or more special districts that operate as 
 34 hospital districts may jointly enter into, participate in, 
 35 establish, and control any venture, partnership, corporation, 
 36 business entity, organization, joint operating network, service 
 37 line, facility, or any other joint relationship or 
 38 collaboration, public or private, for-profit or not-for-profit, 
 39 anywhere within the boundaries of either or all such special 
 40 districts. 
 41 (b) Parties that jointly enter into or participate in joint 
 42 relationships or collaborations with special districts pursuant 
 43 to paragraph (a) have state action immunity under the laws of 
 44 this state and the State Constitution and may exercise the 
 45 powers granted in paragraph (a), regardless of the purposes or 
 46 effect of such relationships or collaborations, or that the 
 47 exercise thereof may otherwise be deemed or considered to be in 
 48 violation of state or federal antitrust laws. 
 49 (c) This subsection shall supersede and control over any 
 50 general or special law that is inconsistent or in conflict with 
 51 this subsection. 
 52 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.