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SB 1808 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Refund of Overpayments Made by Patients

Summary
Refund of Overpayments Made by Patients; Requiring health care facility licensees to refund to the patient any overpayment within a specified timeframe; specifying that health care facility licensees who violate certain provisions are subject to administrative fines; requiring health care practitioners to refund to the patient any overpayment within a specified timeframe; revising the list of acts that constitute grounds for disciplinary actions for health care practitioners, etc.
Issues: ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRequires healthcare facilities/practitioners to refund patient overpayments, protecting patient financial rights and ensuring billing transparency per bill summary.90% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 10, 2025 Signed May 20, 2025
Maddy AI version diff · 3 comparisons

What changed between versions

S 1808 c2 → S 1808 er · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill remains substantively unchanged between the two versions. The primary differences are formatting and metadata updates reflecting the bill's progression from committee consideration to enrolled status, with no policy modifications to the refund requirements, timelines, or enforcement mechanisms.
TECHNICAL

Removed page headers, footer notes, and committee markup symbols (like 'CS for CS') from the enrolled version.

Changed line numbering format from sequential line numbers to section-based numbering and removed page break markers.

METADATA

Added bill metadata including bill number (1808), title, version identifier (er for enrolled), and timestamps.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 23, 2025 · House Apr 30, 2025

How they voted

37–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 38
Apr 23, 2025
D Democratic10
10 Yea
100% Yea
I Independent1
1
0% Nay
R Republican27
27 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
10
Committee
9
May 20, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Apr 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 10, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Colleen Burton
Colleen Burton
RRepublican
FL
12