FL H0823

Repeals existing Florida laws prohibiting the use of state funds for out-of-state abortion travel, prohibiting state funds for sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures, and establishing the right of medical conscience for health care providers and payors (ss. 286.31, 286.311, and 381.00321, F.S.)

Creates the "Health Care Transparency and Accessibility Act" (s. 381.027, F.S.), requiring health care facilities that refuse to provide certain services to adopt a written notice policy by October 1, 2025, submit their refused services list to the Department of Health, and notify patients before care is initiated, with civil penalties up to $5,000 per day for noncompliance

Changes the abortion restriction from a 6-week gestational age ban to a third-trimester ban, removes the prohibition on using telehealth for abortions, removes the requirement that abortion medications be dispensed in person by a physician, and deletes the definition of "fatal fetal abnormality" as an exception category

Requires the Agency for Health Care Administration to provide Medicaid reimbursement for medically necessary treatment related to gender dysphoria and prohibits the agency from discriminating in reimbursement based on a recipient's gender identity or transgender status; repeals laws restricting sex-reassignment prescriptions and procedures (ss. 456.52 and 766.318, F.S.) and removes related definitions

Repeals the hospital patient immigration status data collection requirement (s. 395.3027, F.S.), removes emergency custody jurisdiction based on a child being subjected to sex-reassignment procedures, and requires the Department of Health to publish a public website listing covered entities and their refused services by January 1, 2026