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FL S1034

Bill

Status

Failed

6/16/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jonathan Martin

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Origin

Senate

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Renames the "Florida Health Choices Program" as the "Florida Employee Health Choices Program" and its administering corporation as "Florida Employee Health Choices, Inc.," effective July 1, 2025
  • Refocuses the program around individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements (ICHRAs), which allow employers of any size to provide health care dollars directly to employees to purchase their own individual health plans in a centralized marketplace
  • Narrows eligible vendors and products to insurers selling individual health insurance policies and health maintenance organization contracts, removing prepaid limited health service organizations, discount plan organizations, prepaid clinics, provider service networks, limited benefit plans, flexible spending accounts, and other non-insurance health products
  • Eliminates several prior program features including risk pooling and post-enrollment risk adjustment mechanisms, certain exemptions from the Florida Insurance Code for non-insurance products, and multi-year product pricing provisions
  • Requires the corporation to submit an annual report to the Governor, Senate President, and House Speaker beginning in the 2026-2027 fiscal year, and retains the cap on vendor surcharges at no more than 2.5 percent of product price

Legislative Description

Florida Employee Health Choices Program

Last Action

Died in Health Policy

6/16/2025

Full Bill Text

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