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    HB 1385  2026
1A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to trust funds; creating s. 499.02955,
3F.S.; creating the Experimental Treatment Access Trust
4Fund for specified purposes; authorizing licensed
5experimental treatment centers to contribute a
6specified amount to the trust fund or provide
7specified care at no cost; providing for termination
8of the trust fund; providing a contingent effective
9date.
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11Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13Section 1.       Section 499.02955, Florida Statutes, is created
14to read:
15499.02955       Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund.—
16(1)     There is created in the State Treasury the
17Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund within the Department
18of Health, from which the Legislature may appropriate funds for
19the purpose of assisting eligible patients who are residents of
20this state with costs associated with travel to receive
21experimental treatment or partial care costs under this section.
22(2)     Each licensed experimental treatment center may
23contribute 2 percent of net annual profits from experimental
24treatments to the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund, or
25may provide at no cost experimental treatment care in an
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26    equivalent amount as adopted by rule by the department.
27(3)     In accordance with s. 19(f)(2), Art. III of the State
28    Constitution, the Experimental Treatment Access Trust Fund
29    shall, unless terminated sooner, be terminated on July 1, 2030.
30    Before its termination, the trust fund shall be reviewed as
31    provided in s. 215.3206(1).
32Section 2.       This act shall take effect July 1, 2026, but
33    only if HB 1381 or similar legislation is adopted in the same
34    legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law.
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