HB 917: Health Care
GENERAL BILL by Holcomb
Health Care; Defines "treat," "treated," & "treatment"; authorizes individual to refuse examination, testing, or treatment for specified reasons; prohibits discrimination against patient based on patient's vaccination status; requires licensed health care practitioners to inform parent or legal guardian of minor child of risks, benefits, safety, & efficacy of specified vaccines, obtain signature from parent or legal guardian before administration of vaccine, & provide parent or legal guardian with option of alternative vaccination schedule; authorizes pharmacist to provide ivermectin without prescription; requires pharmacist to provide specified information to patient; provides pharmacists with immunity from civil & criminal liability & disciplinary action; authorizes Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules; authorizes parent to exempt their child from health examination or from administration of immunizing agents based on conscience grounds; requires DOH to make publicly available, by posting on its Internet website, exemption form for parents & legal guardians.
Last Action: 1/12/2026 House - Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 12/29/2025 House • Filed
1/12/2026 House • Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
• Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee
• Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
• Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
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HB 917, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/29/2025 at 8:48 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1756 Medical Freedom Yarborough Similar Last Action: 1/12/2026 S Filed 
Citations - Statutes (6)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 381.00315 Public health advisories; public health emergencies; isolation and quarantines. Page 2 (pdf) 381.026 Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. Page 3 (pdf) 456.0575 Duty to notify patients. Page 11 (pdf) 456.072 Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement. Page 12 (pdf) 465.1897 Page 12 (pdf) 1003.22 School-entry health examinations; immunization against communicable diseases; exemptions; duties of Department of Health. Page 13 (pdf)