SB 1756: Medical Freedom
GENERAL BILL by Yarborough
Medical Freedom; Citing this act as the "Medical Freedom Act"; requiring certain health care practitioners and paramedics to, before administering a vaccine to a minor child, inform the parent or legal guardian of certain information using materials approved and adopted by joint rule of the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine; providing that specified amendments made by the act to s. 456.0575, F.S., take effect within a specified timeframe after the Board of Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine adopt certain materials by joint rule; authorizing pharmacists to provide ivermectin to adults without a prescription as a behind-the-counter medication until the United States Food and Drug Administration approves it for over-the-counter sale; revising exemptions from school-entry immunization requirements, etc.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/12/2026 Senate • Filed
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SB 1756, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/12/2026 at 4:30 PM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 917 Health Care Holcomb Similar Last Action: 1/12/2026 H Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee 
Citations - Statutes (4)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 381.00315 Public health advisories; public health emergencies; isolation and quarantines. Page 2 (pdf) 456.0575 Duty to notify patients. Page 5 (pdf) 465.1897 Page 7 (pdf) 1003.22 School-entry health examinations; immunization against communicable diseases; exemptions; duties of Department of Health. Page 7 (pdf)