Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund/Department of Health

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not specify the exact percentage contribution by treatment centers, only that it is 'a specified amount.'

Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund

This bill creates a trust fund within the Department of Health to assist eligible patients with costs related to travel for experimental treatments.

What This Bill Does

• Creates an Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund in the State Treasury under the Department of Health.
• Allows licensed experimental treatment centers to contribute up to 2% of their net annual profits from experimental treatments to this fund or provide equivalent care at no cost.
• Sets a review process for the trust fund before its scheduled termination on July 1, 2030.

Who It Names or Affects

• Eligible patients who need experimental treatment and are residents of Florida.
• Licensed experimental treatment centers in Florida.

Terms To Know

Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund

A fund created to assist eligible patients with costs related to travel for experimental treatments or partial care costs.

Net annual profits from experimental treatments

The total earnings from experimental treatments after all expenses are deducted.

Limits and Unknowns

• This bill only takes effect if similar legislation (SB ___) is also passed and becomes law in the same legislative session.
• The trust fund will be reviewed before its scheduled termination on July 1, 2030.

Official Summary Text

Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund/Department of Health; Creating the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund within the Department of Health for specified purposes; authorizing licensed experimental treatment centers to contribute a specified amount to the trust fund or provide specified care at no cost; providing for future review and termination or re-creation of the trust fund, etc.

Current Bill Text

Florida Senate
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2026

SB 1556

By
Senator Burgess

23-01616-26 20261556__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 499.02955,
3 F.S.; creating the Experimental Treatment Access Trust
4 Fund within the Department of Health for specified
5 purposes; authorizing licensed experimental treatment
6 centers to contribute a specified amount to the trust
7 fund or provide specified care at no cost; providing
8 for future review and termination or re-creation of
9 the trust fund; providing a contingent effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. Section 499.02955, Florida Statutes, is created
14 to read:
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499.02955

Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund.—

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(1)

There is created in the State Treasury the Experimental

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Treatment Access Trust Fund within the Department of Health,

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from which the Legislature may appropriate funds for the purpose

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of assisting eligible patients who are residents of this state

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with costs associated with travel to receive experimental

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treatment or partial care costs under this section.

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(2)

Each licensed experimental treatment center may

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contribute 2 percent of net annual profits from experimental

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treatments to the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund or

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may provide at no cost experimental treatment care in an

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equivalent amount as adopted by rule by the department.

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(3)

In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State

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Constitution, the trust fund shall, unless terminated sooner, be

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terminated on July 1, 2030. Before its termination, the trust

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fund shall be reviewed as provided in s. 215.3206(1) and (2).

31 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026, if SB
32 ___ or similar legislation is adopted in the same legislative
33 session or an extension thereof and becomes a law.