The Florida Senate

CS/HB 697: Drug Prices and Coverage

GENERAL BILL by Health & Human Services Committee ; Kincart Jonsson

Drug Prices and Coverage ; Revises definition of term "pharmacy benefits plan or program" to exclude plan or program that exclusively serves PACE organization; requires contracts between pharmacy benefit managers & participating pharmacies to allow specified option in administrative appeal procedure; provides pharmacy benefit manager prohibited practices relating to pharmacies & pharmacists.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  12/9/2025	House	• Filed
  12/16/2025	House	• Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee • Referred to Budget Committee • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
  1/13/2026	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  1/16/2026	House	• Added to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee agenda
  1/21/2026	House	• Favorable by Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee • Reported out of Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee • Now in Budget Committee
  1/23/2026	House	• Added to Budget Committee agenda
  1/27/2026	House	• Favorable by Budget Committee • Reported out of Budget Committee • Now in Health & Human Services Committee
  2/24/2026	House	• Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
  2/26/2026	House	• Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee • Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

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• CS/HB 697, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/26/2026 at 6:24 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 1158	Drug Prices and Coverage	Grall	Similar	Last Action: 1/13/2026 S Introduced
  S 1760 (c1)	Health Care Coverage	Brodeur	Compare	Last Action: 2/25/2026 S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building

  Citations - Statutes (2)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  626.8825	Pharmacy benefit manager transparency and accountability.	Page 7 (pdf)
  626.8827	Pharmacy benefit manager prohibited practices.	Page 12 (pdf)

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• HB 697, Original Filed Version Posted 12/9/2025 at 1:10 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 1/21/2026 (pdf) Budget Committee (Post-Meeting) 1/27/2026 (pdf) Health & Human Services Committee (Post-Meeting) 2/26/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 1158	Drug Prices and Coverage	Grall	Similar	Last Action: 1/13/2026 S Introduced
  S 1760 (c1)	Health Care Coverage	Brodeur	Compare	Last Action: 2/25/2026 S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 110 Senate Building

  Committee Amendments (1)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  092027 - Strike All Amendment Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Kincart Jonsson	2/25/2026 4:45 PM	Adopted without Objection 2/26/2026	PDF

  Citations - Statutes (10)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  381.02036		Page 3 (pdf)
  465.0244	Information disclosure.	Page 5 (pdf)
  499.044		Page 5 (pdf)
  626.8825	Pharmacy benefit manager transparency and accountability.	Page 7 (pdf)
  626.8827	Pharmacy benefit manager prohibited practices.	Page 12 (pdf)
  627.4231		Page 12 (pdf)
  627.42398		Page 14 (pdf)
  627.6699	Employee Health Care Access Act.	Page 16 (pdf)
  641.30	Construction and relationship to other laws.	Page 19 (pdf)
  641.31	Health maintenance contracts.	Page 19 (pdf)

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