Florida Senate Bill 1198

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Banking and Insurance
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

Health Insurance Claims

Sen. Ralph Massullo [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	Senate	Died in Banking and Insurance
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2026-01-12	Senate	Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules
2026-01-06	Senate	Filed

H1023 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
408	7057		Amended Code	See Bill Text
409	967		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	6131		Amended Code	See Bill Text
627	64194		Amended Code	See Bill Text
641	315		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1198
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1198/BillText/Filed/HTML