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FL S0192
Bill
Status
Engrossed
2/19/2026
Primary Sponsor
Jonathan Martin
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AI Summary
- Removes the $1,500 cap on patient funds that chiropractic physicians may hold in trust for advances on costs and expenses of examination or treatment
- Maintains existing requirements that patient funds held for specific purposes must be kept in trust and applied only to those purposes
- Preserves current rules requiring patient funds to be deposited in identifiable bank accounts in the state where the physician's office is located
- Retains protections prohibiting patient funds from being subject to counterclaim or setoff for physician fees, with refusal to return funds upon demand constituting conversion
- Effective date: July 1, 2026
Legislative Description
Patient Funds Held in Trust by Chiropractic Physicians
Last Action
Passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
3/11/2026
Committee Referrals
Rules1/27/2026
Judiciary1/21/2026
Full Bill Text
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