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SB1122 • 2026

Activities of Special Districts

Activities of Special Districts

Healthcare
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Gruters
Last action
2026-03-13
Official status
Senate - Died in Community Affairs
Effective date
Upon becom

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not become a law as it died in committee.

Activities of Special Districts

This bill allows certain hospital districts to collaborate on joint activities and grants them immunity from state laws.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows special hospital districts to work together on various projects, partnerships, or collaborations within their areas.
  • Gives these districts legal protection (state action immunity) when participating in joint activities.
  • Permits the districts to exercise powers regardless of certain consequences, as long as it's part of a joint activity.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Special hospital districts in Florida
  • People who work with or for these special hospital districts

Terms To Know

state action immunity
Protection from state laws when doing certain activities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify which consequences the districts can ignore.
  • It is unclear how this will affect other existing laws or regulations in Florida.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-13 Senate

    • Died in Community Affairs

  2. 2026-01-29 Senate

    • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 02/03/26, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed

  3. 2026-01-13 Senate

    • Introduced

  4. 2026-01-12 Senate

    • Referred to Community Affairs; Judiciary; Rules

  5. 2026-01-05 Senate

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Activities of Special Districts; 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.

Current Bill Text

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Florida Senate
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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.
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14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16 Section 1.
The Legislature finds and declares that the

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provision of quality and cost-efficient medical care is a public

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necessity and that this act serves a public purpose. The

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Legislature further finds and declares that collaborations of

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special districts that operate as hospital districts under this

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act benefit the residents of this state by improving access to

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health care services, strengthening the integration of health

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care service providers, and promoting the continuity of care

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provided to the residents of the state, and that such

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relationships and collaborations are vitally important to and

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necessary for the preservation of the public health and welfare

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of such districts, the inhabitants thereof, and the residents of

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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.—
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(7)(a) Two or more special districts that operate as

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hospital districts may jointly enter into, participate in,

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establish, and control any venture, partnership, corporation,

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business entity, organization, joint operating network, service

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line, facility, or any other joint relationship or

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collaboration, public or private, for-profit or not-for-profit,

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anywhere within the boundaries of either or all such special

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districts.

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(b) Parties that jointly enter into or participate in joint

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relationships or collaborations with special districts pursuant

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to paragraph (a) have state action immunity under the laws of

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this state and the State Constitution and may exercise the

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powers granted in paragraph (a), regardless of the purposes or

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effect of such relationships or collaborations, or that the

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exercise thereof may otherwise be deemed or considered to be in

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violation of state or federal antitrust laws.

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(c) This subsection shall supersede and control over any

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general or special law that is inconsistent or in conflict with

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this subsection.

52 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.