Florida HB 733: Credit for Reinsurance

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CS/HB 733, Engrossed 1 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to the Department of Health; amending 2
s. 381.4019, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 3
"dental health professional shortage area"; defining 4
the term "low-income"; deleting the definition of the 5
term "medically underserved area"; revising 6
eligibility requirements for dentists and dental 7
hygienists participating in the Dental Student Loan 8
Repayment Program; amending s. 381.986, F.S.; revising 9
the definition of the term "low-THC cannabis"; 10
revising requirements for department approval of 11
qualified physicians and medical directors of medical 12
marijuana treatment centers; deleting obsolete 13
language; creating s. 381.994, F.S.; creating the 14
Neurofibromatosis Disease Grant Program within the 15
Department of Health; providing purpose of the 16
program; requiring, subject to appropriation, the 17
program to award certain grants; providing 18
requirements for grant applications; requiring the 19
Rare Disease Advisory Council and the peer review 20
panels to establish and follow specified guidelines; 21
prohibiting members of the council and panels from 22
participating in certain discussions and decisions 23
under certain circumstances; authorizing certain 24
appropriation funds to be carried forward under 25

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certain circumstances; amending s. 383.14, F.S.; 26
beginning on a specified date, subject to 27
appropriation, requiring the department require 28
newborns be screened for infantile Krabbe disease; 29
requiring the Department of Health to create a 30
pamphlet; providing instruction on the contents that 31
must be included in the pamphlet; amending s. 391.308, 32
F.S.; revising duties of the department in 33
administering the Early Steps Program; revising 34
provisions related to transitioning children from the 35
Early Steps Program to school district programs; 36
amending s. 391.3081, F.S.; revising provisions 37
relating to the Early Steps Extended Option to conform 38
to changes made by the act; amending s. 395.4025, 39
F.S.; requiring the department to designate certain 40
facilities as pediatric trauma centers; amending s. 41
456.074, F.S.; requiring the department to issue an 42
emergency order suspending the license of a health 43
care practitioner arrested for committing or 44
attempting, soliciting, or conspiring to commit murder 45
in this state or another jurisdiction; amending s. 46
464.0156, F.S.; authorizing a registered nurse to 47
delegate the administration of certain controlled 48
substances to a home health aide for medically fragile 49
children under certain circumstances; amending s. 50

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466.023, F.S.; allowing dental hygienists to use 51
certain tools under the direct supervision of a 52
dentist; amending s. 480.034, F.S.; exempting licensed 53
cosmetologists from certain registration requirements; 54
defining the term "aesthetic body contouring 55
services"; amending s. 491.005, F.S.; revising the 56
deadline for program accreditation; amending s. 57
741.21, F.S.; prohibiting marriage between certain 58
related individuals; amending s. 766.1115, F.S.; 59
revising the definition of "health care provider" or 60
"provider" to include certain students; amending s. 61
1004.551, F.S.; revising requirements for the micro-62
credential component of specialized training provided 63
by the University of Florida Center for Autism and 64
Neurodevelopment; amending s. 381.986, F.S.; extending 65
the exemption of certain rules pertaining to the 66
medical use of marijuana from certain rulemaking 67
requirements; amending ch. 2017-232, Laws of Florida; 68
exempting certain rules pertaining to medical 69
marijuana adopted to replace emergency rules from 70
specified rulemaking requirements; providing for the 71
future expiration and reversion of specified statutory 72
text; providing an effective date. 73
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 75

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Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (e) of subsection (1), 77
paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (2), and paragraph (b) of 78
subsection (4) of section 381.4019, Florida Statutes, are 79
amended to read: 80
381.4019 Dental Student Loan Repayment Program.—The Dental 81
Student Loan Repayment Program is established to support the 82
state Medica