Florida 2026 Regular Session All Bills (Page 75)
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida House Bill H1023
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Failed
3/13/26
Requires AHCA to establish program to assist health care providers & health plans in resolving claims of denied prior authorization requests; provides that program is mandatory; revises list of claims that are not reviewed by program; prohibits respondents from avoiding default by refusing to participate in review process; prohibits contracts between health care providers & health insurers & HMOs from specifying credit card payments to providers as only acceptable method for payments; authorizes use of electronic funds transfers by health insurers & HMOs for payments to providers; provides notification requirements; prohibits health insurers & HMOs from charging fees for automated clearinghouse transfers as claims payments to providers; prohibits health insurers & HMOs from denying claims subsequently submitted by providers for procedures that were included in prior authorizations; provides exceptions.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S1176
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/12/26
Failed
3/13/26
Requiring persons applying for or renewing a local business tax receipt to practice or engage in or manage any business or occupation that conducts certain transactions to exhibit an active license or authorization from the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S1164
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/12/26
Failed
3/13/26
Deleting language concerning factors to be considered in appointments to the Florida Gaming Control Commission; prohibiting betting on athletic contests with knowledge that the results are prearranged or predetermined; defining the terms "Internet gambling" and "Internet sports wagering"; prohibiting Internet gambling and Internet sports wagering and related offenses; prohibiting the transportation of a specified number of people, for the purpose of facilitating illegal gambling; prohibiting counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions from enacting or enforcing any ordinance or rule regarding the regulation of gaming, gambling, lotteries, or any activities described in specified provisions, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S1184
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/12/26
Failed
3/13/26
Conforming provisions to align with the State Constitution, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida House Bill H1015
Introduced
1/5/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Failed
3/13/26
Prohibits payment adjudicators from downcoding health care services under certain circumstances; requires health insurers to ensure that their downcoding policies are updated & to ensure compliance with specified provisions on downcoding; authorizes investigations & actions against noncompliance; provides certain presumption in favor of physicians' determination regarding patients' diagnoses & service orders; provides calculations of interests on health insurers' nonpayment & underpayment due to downcoding; provides causes of action for health care providers; prohibits utilization review entities from implementing new requirements, restrictions, & changes on prior authorizations under certain circumstances; provides requirements for adverse determinations made by such entities on health care providers' claims; revises requirements & timeframes for responses from health insurers & HMOs to submitted claims.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S1142
Introduced
1/5/26
Refer
1/12/26
Failed
3/13/26
Revising the definition of the term "health care facility" to include health care clinics owned by a hospital or physicians who work for a hospital; defining the term "covered prescription drug"; revising requirements for provider contracts between pharmacy benefit managers and certain licensed pharmacies to allow for the administration and dispensing of covered prescription drugs offsite, as well as onsite, as part of outpatient care, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S1160
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/12/26
Failed
3/13/26
Creating the Office of the Corrections Ombudsman within the legislative branch; requiring the Legislature to establish a Corrections Oversight Committee on or before a certain date; requiring the Department of Corrections to provide the Ombudsman and committee members with access to certain department facilities and records; requiring confidentiality of in-person communications between incarcerated persons or facility staff members and the Ombudsman or a committee member, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida House Bill H1029
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Failed
3/13/26
Requires DOH to establish certain home visit program for expectant mothers; provides program requirements; authorizes AHCA to authorize reduced fees for applicant or licensee for certain birthing centers; removes acceptance criteria for birthing centers; requires department to provide blood pressure monitor & cuff to expectant mother for certain purposes; requires department to create certain educational materials; revises continuing education requirements for physicians to include review of certain Medicaid payments for certain persons.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida House Bill H4065
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Engrossed
2/25/26
Refer
2/25/26
Engrossed
3/11/26
Enrolled
3/11/26
Revises definitions relating to West Palm Beach Firefighters Pension Fund; board members' credits for service; revenue; member contributions; custodian of funds; investments; service benefits; supplemental pension distribution; optional forms of benefits; share accounts; deferred retirement option plan (DROP); backwards deferred retirement option plan (BackDROP); disability pensions, medical examinations, return to work; beneficiary benefits; review procedures; Internal Revenue Code limits; minimum distribution of benefits; rollovers from qualified plans; & prior firefighter service.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S1154
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/12/26
Failed
3/13/26
Prohibiting persons from engaging in specified conduct without holding the applicable license; revising exemptions from licensure requirements; revising the membership of the Dietetics and Nutrition Practice Council; revising licensure requirements for dietitians and nutritionists; requiring that certain persons licensed as a dietitian/nutritionist or a nutrition counselor as of a specified date be issued a license to practice as a dietitian or nutritionist, as applicable, without meeting additional requirements, provided certain conditions are met, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S1172
Introduced
1/6/26
Refer
1/12/26
Failed
3/13/26
Specifying that hyperlinks to material incorporated by reference are provided by the Department of State; requiring agencies to include a summary of their intended action on each rule identified for review within a specified timeframe; providing that the director of the Division of Administrative Hearings is appointed for a specified term from a certain list submitted by the statewide nominating commission; requiring that an agency's regulatory plan include a list of existing rules scheduled for review during the next 12 months, a 5-year schedule for review of all rules, and a summary of the agency's intended action for each rule identified for review in the next 12 months, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S1152
Introduced
1/5/26
Refer
1/12/26
Failed
3/13/26
Prohibiting a person from operating a motor vehicle while using a wireless communications device in a handheld manner; providing an exception; requiring that sustained use of a wireless communications device by a person operating a motor vehicle be conducted through a hands-free accessory until such use is terminated; revising penalty provisions relating to the use of wireless communications devices in a handheld manner in certain circumstances, etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida House Bill H1021
Introduced
1/5/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
1/12/26
Refer
2/6/26
Refer
2/12/26
Engrossed
3/4/26
Refer
3/4/26
Failed
3/13/26
Authorizes pharmacists, at direction of certain licensed physicians, to administer medications; provides recordkeeping requirements; requires Board of Pharmacy to adopt rules; requires facilities to maintain documentation relating to pharmacist qualifications.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S1130
Introduced
1/5/26
Refer
1/12/26
Failed
3/13/26
Prohibiting payment adjudicators from downcoding health care services under certain circumstances; specifying that payment adjudicators are solely responsible for certain violations of law; requiring certain utilization review entities to only use a certain prior authorization form; revising the definition of the term "claim", etc.
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Florida 2026 Regular Session
Florida Senate Bill S1146
Introduced
1/5/26
Refer
1/12/26
Failed
3/13/26
Providing an exemption from public records requirements for recordings of interviews conducted as part of a protective investigation by the Department of Children and Families; authorizing the release of such recordings to certain persons; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.