Health Care Billing and Collection Activities
Summary
Health Care Billing and Collection Activities; Revising the definition of the term “extraordinary collection action”; authorizing licensed facilities to engage in an extraordinary collection action under certain circumstances, etc.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 4, 2025
Last action Apr 23, 2025
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MINOR
This bill revision updates the definition of 'extraordinary collection action' and clarifies the rules for when healthcare facilities can take such actions. The main change is expanding the conditions under which a facility can sell a patient's debt without the required 30-day notice, specifically adding a requirement that the debt purchaser cannot take other extraordinary collection actions that the original facility could have taken.
Scope change
No change in the overall scope or applicability of the bill; it still applies to licensed healthcare facilities in Florida regarding billing and collection activities.
DEFINITION
Added language to subsection (2)(e)1 clarifying that when a facility sells a debt without 30-day notice, the debt purchaser cannot take other extraordinary collection actions that the licensed facility could have taken under subsection (1).
REQUIREMENT
Changed 'no other extraordinary actions are taken' to 'no other extraordinary collection actions are taken by the purchaser of the debt which could otherwise be taken by the licensed facility' to make the restriction more specific and enforceable.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 8, 2025
How they voted
24–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 25
Apr 8, 2025
D
Democratic5
100% Yea
I
Independent1
100% Yea
R
Republican19
94% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (24-0-1)
senate
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/31/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Commerce and Tourism; Rules
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ana Maria Rodriguez
RRepublican
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