Healthcare (Insurance)

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HB 1301: Coverage for Orthotics and Prosthetics Services

Coverage for Orthotics and Prosthetics Services; Authorizes AHCA to authorize & pay for specified orthotics & prosthetics services for Medicaid recipients; requires agency to seek federal approval & amend contracts as necessary to implement act; requires individual health insurance policies; group, blanket, & franchise health insurance policies; & health maintenance contracts, respectively, to provide coverage for specified orthotics & prosthetics services; prohibits health insurers & health maintenance organizations from denying claims; requires health insurers & health maintenance organizations to submit annual reports of specified information to OIR.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates Medicaid and private insurers to cover orthotics/prosthetics services, expanding patient access to essential medical devices and aligning with healthcare coverage protections.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Insurance Medicaid

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died · Florida · House Mar 13, 2026

HB 1097: Health Insurer Accountability

Health Insurer Accountability; Requires health plan to participate in filed claim dispute; provides penalties for failure to respond to claim; requires AHCA to notify certain entity within specified timeframe when health plan fails to pay provider; requires health plan to pay provider within specified timeframe after agency's order; provides credentialing requirements for managed care plan; requires each managed care plan to identify to agency & OIR any ownership interest of affiliation of any kind with certain entities; provides requirements for identification of such information; removes provision requiring results of certain audit reports to be dispositive; requires managed care contracts to include provider notifications regarding certain denials of coverage; prohibits insurer from denying certain claims; provides notification requirements & penalties.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareBill mandates timely insurer claim resolution, penalties for non-payment, and credentialing standards, improving provider access to payments and strengthening healthcare delivery system.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Insurance Medical Licensing

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died · Florida · House Mar 13, 2026

HB 1433: Medical Coverage Assistance Program for Working Individuals with Disabilities

Medical Coverage Assistance Program for Working Individuals with Disabilities; Requires AHCA to implement & administer Medicaid buy-in program for specified working individuals with disabilities; provides requirements for program; requires agency to seek by specified date federal approval through Medicaid waiver or state plan amendment to implement program; requires agency to implement & administer program upon receiving federal approval.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareCreates Medicaid buy-in program for working disabled individuals, expanding health coverage access through state-administered Medicaid expansion.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentCreates Medicaid buy-in program for working individuals with disabilities, expanding healthcare benefits to support employment and protect worker rights for vulnerable employees.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Insurance Medicaid Workers' Compensation Tags People with Disabilities

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died · Florida · House Mar 13, 2026

HB 977: Benefits for Obesity under the State Group Health Insurance Plan

Benefits for Obesity under the State Group Health Insurance Plan; Requires DMS to provide coverage for treatment & management of obesity for state group health insurance policies issued after specified date; provides coverage criteria; requires department to adopt eligibility criteria by specified date; provides reporting requirements.

Topics ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesRequires state to fund obesity treatment coverage under group health plan, increasing government spending on health benefits90% confidence ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates state group health insurance coverage for obesity treatment, expanding access to healthcare services for state employees and requiring specific coverage criteria.95% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentExpands state employee health benefits to include obesity treatment, directly enhancing workplace health coverage and employment benefits under public employee health plans.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Insurance Public Employees

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died · Florida · Senate Mar 13, 2026

SB 1110: Coverage for Orthotics and Prosthetics Services

Coverage for Orthotics and Prosthetics Services; Authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to authorize and pay for specified orthotics and prosthetics services for Medicaid recipients who are eligible individuals; requiring the agency to seek federal approval and amend contracts as necessary to implement the act; requiring individual health insurance policies; group, blanket, and franchise health insurance policies; and health maintenance contracts, respectively, to provide coverage for specified orthotics and prosthetics services for eligible individuals, etc.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates Medicaid and private insurers to cover orthotics/prosthetics services, expanding patient access to essential medical devices and aligning with coverage expansion indicators.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Insurance Medicaid

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died · Florida · Senate Mar 13, 2026

SB 1596: Medical Malpractice Liability Coverage

Medical Malpractice Liability Coverage; Increasing the minimum amount of professional liability coverage certain physicians and osteopathic physicians, respectively, are required to maintain as a condition of licensure, etc.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareIncreases minimum malpractice coverage for physicians, strengthening patient protection against medical negligence per bill summary.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Insurance Medical Licensing

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died · Florida · House Mar 13, 2026

HB 1425: Consultant Pharmacists

Consultant Pharmacists ; Revises definition of "health care facility"; authorizes consultant pharmacists to provide medication management services in clinics owned by hospital or by one or more physicians who are employed by or contracted with hospital.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAuthorizes consultant pharmacists to provide medication management services in clinics, expanding patient access to medication care within healthcare facilities.92% confidence

Sub-Topics Hospitals Insurance Prescription Drugs

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died · Florida · Senate Mar 13, 2026

SB 1552: Experimental Treatments for Terminal Conditions and Life-threatening Rare Diseases

Experimental Treatments for Terminal Conditions and Life-threatening Rare Diseases; Citing this act as the “Promising Pathways Act"; authorizing licensed physicians to prescribe and eligible facilities to administer experimental treatments, if certain requirements are met; requiring the Department of Health to establish and maintain a patient registry for specified purposes; encouraging health insurers and health maintenance organizations to provide specified insurance coverage for experimental treatments; authorizing licensed physicians and eligible facilities to receive reimbursement for the prescription or administration of experimental treatments if certain requirements are met; requiring manufacturers of experimental treatments to provide for a specified temporary price concession set by the department, etc.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEncourages insurers to cover experimental treatments for terminal/rare diseases, expanding patient access to innovative care while establishing a patient registry.95% confidence

Sub-Topics Insurance Medical Licensing

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died · Florida · Senate Mar 13, 2026

SB 1372: Coverage for Cancer Imaging and Genetic Testing

Coverage for Cancer Imaging and Genetic Testing; Requiring health insurers and health maintenance organizations to provide certain coverage; prohibiting such coverage from being subject to cost-sharing requirements, etc.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareMandates insurers to cover cancer imaging/genetic testing without cost-sharing, expanding patient access to critical services95% confidence

Sub-Topics Insurance

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died · Florida · House Mar 13, 2026

HB 1533: Fees/Government-Facilitated Purchases and Sales of Individual and Small Employer Health and Dental Plans

Fees/Government-Facilitated Purchases and Sales of Individual and Small Employer Health and Dental Plans; Authorizes Florida Health Insurance Exchange to charge assessments & user fees to health carriers & generate funding for specified purpose; requires exchange to publish certain financial information on Internet website.

Topics ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareAuthorizes Florida Health Insurance Exchange to charge fees for funding, supporting operational capacity of health insurance marketplace.90% confidence

Sub-Topics Insurance

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