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FL S0192

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/19/2026

Primary Sponsor

Jonathan Martin

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

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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