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Florida · 2026 Regular Session

S0782 Health Care Freedom Act

Direction

Abortion bans gestational limitsAI label

Restricts abortion access model confidence 90%

Extends the gestational limit for most abortions from 6 weeks to the third trimester (with exceptions only for life or serious physical risk), so less legal access to abortion after 6 weeks.

A physician may not knowingly perform or induce a termination of pregnancy on any woman in the third trimester of pregnancy [deleted: if the physician determines the gestational age of the fetus is more than 6 weeks] unless one of the following conditions is met:

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Abortion exceptionsAI label

Restricts abortion access model confidence 85%

Removes the prior exceptions for fatal fetal abnormality and for rape/incest/human trafficking (up to 15 weeks), while retaining and narrowing the life/physical-impairment exceptions, so narrower access to abortion.

[deleted: (c) The pregnancy has not progressed to the third trimester and two physicians certify in writing that, in reasonable medical judgment, the fetus has a fatal fetal abnormality .] [deleted: (d) The pregnancy is the result of rape, incest, or human trafficking and the gestational age of the fetus is not more than 15 weeks...]

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Abortion medication abortionAI label

Expands abortion access model confidence 90%

Removes the prior ban on using telehealth for abortions (including medical abortions) and the in-person dispensing requirement for abortion medications, so greater access to medication abortion.

[deleted: A physician may not use telehealth as defined in s. 456.47 to perform an abortion, including, but not limited to, medical abortions. Any medications intended for use in a medical abortion must be dispensed in person by a physician and may not be dispensed through the United States Postal Service or by any other courier or shipping service.]

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Abortion travel interstate shieldAI label

Expands abortion access model confidence 80%

Repeals the prohibition on using state funds for travel to another state for abortion services, so removes a restriction on interstate abortion access.

Section 2. Section 286.31, Florida Statutes, is repealed.

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Transgender healthcareAI label

Expands transgender recognition & access model confidence 90%

Repeals the prior ban on state funds for sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures, repeals the definition of sex-reassignment procedures and the civil-liability provision for providing them to minors, and requires Medicaid to reimburse medically necessary gender-dysphoria treatment without bias,

Section 3. Section 286.311, Florida Statutes, is repealed. ... Reimbursement.—The agency shall provide reimbursement for medically necessary treatment for or related to gender dysphoria ... The agency may not discriminate in its reimbursement of medically necessary treatment on the basis of the recipient’s gender identity or on the basis that the recipient is a transgender individual.

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Transgender otherAI label

Expands transgender recognition & access model confidence 75%

Deletes the statutory definition of “sex” as binary and based on reproductive biology at birth, removing a legal barrier to recognition of gender identity.

[deleted: (8) “Sex” means the classification of a person as either male or female based on the organization of the human body of such person for a specific reproductive role, as indicated by the person’s sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, and internal and external genitalia present at birth.]

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Immigration enforcement otherAI label

Restricts immigration enforcement model confidence 70%

Repeals the requirement for hospitals to collect and report patient immigration-status data, reducing state-level immigration-status enforcement in health-care settings.

Section 10. Section 395.3027, Florida Statutes, is repealed.

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Status: Failed

Last action
2026-03-13: Died in Health Policy
Filed
2025-12-08
Sponsor
Shevrin Jones D

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill primarily expands abortion access by repealing the 6-week ban (replacing it with a third-trimester limit), removing medication-abortion restrictions and travel-funding bans, and deleting the fatal-fetal-abnormality and rape/incest exceptions (net restrict on exceptions). It expands transgender-healthcare access by repealing bans on funding and liability for gender-affirming care, mandating Medicaid coverage, and deleting the binary sex definition. It also repeals hospital immigration-status data collection (restricts enforcement). The new notice-of-refused-services requirement for “d”

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History (4 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-03-13SDied in Health Policy
2026-01-13SIntroduced
2025-12-16SReferred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
2025-12-08SFiled