Florida · Senate Bill 1198 · 2026 Regular Session

Health Insurance Claims

  1. Introduced Jan 6, 2026
  2. In committee Jan 12, 2026
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2026

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Health Insurance Claims; Expanding the scope of the statewide provider and health plan claim dispute resolution program to include resolution of denied prior authorization requests; providing that participation in the program is mandatory and prohibiting providers and health plans from opting out of the claim dispute resolution process; prohibiting contracts between certain physicians and health insurers and health…

Read the full title (97 words)

Health Insurance Claims; Expanding the scope of the statewide provider and health plan claim dispute resolution program to include resolution of denied prior authorization requests; providing that participation in the program is mandatory and prohibiting providers and health plans from opting out of the claim dispute resolution process; prohibiting contracts between certain physicians and health insurers and health maintenance organizations, respectively, from specifying credit card payments to physicians as the only acceptable method for payments; authorizing use of electronic funds transfers by health insurers and health maintenance organizations, respectively, for payments to physicians under certain circumstances, etc.

Every action

4 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules · Senate Banking and Insurance
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeDied in Banking and Insurance · Senate Banking and Insurance

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.