HB 6033 Summary

• Deletes provisions from section 790.338 that previously restricted health care practitioners and facilities from inquiring about firearm ownership, instead allowing such inquiries when practitioners reasonably believe the information is relevant to patient medical care or safety.

• Adds new protections requiring health care providers and facilities to respect patients' legal rights to own firearms and refrain from unnecessarily harassing patients about firearm ownership during examinations.

• Prohibits health care practitioners and facilities from discriminating against patients based solely on their constitutional right to own and possess firearms or ammunition.

• Allows emergency medical technicians and paramedics to inquire about firearm possession or presence when necessary to treat patients during medical emergencies or when firearms pose an imminent danger.

• Incorporates firearm privacy protections into the Florida Patient's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities (section 381.026), with provisions subject to disciplinary action under existing health care professional licensing statutes.