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FL H0905
Bill
Status
Failed
6/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
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AI Summary
- Renames the "Florida Health Choices Program" to the "Florida Employee Health Choices Program" and refocuses it as a centralized marketplace specifically for the sale and purchase of individual health insurance plans to employees enrolled in individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs)
- Creates Florida Employee Health Choices, Inc., governed by an 8-member board of directors (reduced from 15), with 3 appointed by the Governor, 2 by the Senate President, 2 by the House Speaker, and the Secretary of Management Services as an ex officio nonvoting member
- Requires the Department of Management Services to facilitate the corporation's formation and provide administrative support until January 1, 2028, by which time the corporation must be self-sustaining; the department must issue an invitation to negotiate within 90 days to procure a vendor platform fully operational by January 1, 2027
- Removes provisions allowing prepaid limited health service organizations, discount plan organizations, prepaid health clinics, and other non-insurer health care providers and corporate entities to sell products through the program, narrowing eligible vendors to licensed insurers and health maintenance organizations
- Effective date of July 1, 2025, with conforming amendments to Medicaid managed care and Florida Kidcare statutes to reflect the program's new name
Legislative Description
Florida Health Choices Program
Last Action
Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee
6/16/2025
Committee Referrals
Insurance And Banking Subcommittee3/31/2025
Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee3/2/2025
Full Bill Text
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