Florida SB 222: Swimming Pool Specialty Contracting Services

Bill Text

222 
Cost-sharing Requirements for Diabetes Management 
2025-10-17T04:25:45Z 
Prohibiting health insurance policies from imposing a cost-sharing requirement exceeding a certain amount for a 30-day supply of insulin or any diabetes device or diabetic ketoacidosis device, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 222 

 By Senator Smith 

 17-00236A-26 2026222__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to cost-sharing requirements for 
 3 diabetes management; creating s. 627.42398, F.S.; 
 4 defining terms; prohibiting health insurance policies 
 5 from imposing a cost-sharing requirement exceeding a 
 6 certain amount for a 30-day supply of insulin or any 
 7 diabetes device or diabetic ketoacidosis device; 
 8 providing applicability; providing an effective date. 
 9 
 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 11 
 12 Section 1. Section 627.42398, Florida Statutes, is created 
 13 to read: 
 14 627.42398 Cost-sharing requirement for diabetes 
 15 management.— 
 16 (1) As used in this section, the term: 
 17 (a) “Cost-sharing requirement” means an insured’s 
 18 deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or similar out-of-pocket 
 19 expense. 
 20 (b) “Diabetes device” means a device, including, but not 
 21 limited to, a blood glucose test strip, a glucometer, a 
 22 continuous glucometer, a lancet, a lancing device, or an insulin 
 23 syringe, used to cure, diagnose, mitigate, prevent, or treat 
 24 diabetes or low blood sugar. 
 25 (c) “Diabetic ketoacidosis device” means a device used to 
 26 screen for or prevent diabetic ketoacidosis. 
 27 (2) A health insurance policy may not impose a cost-sharing 
 28 requirement that: 
 29 (a) Exceeds $35 for a 30-day supply of insulin for any 
 30 insured, regardless of the quantity or type of insulin 
 31 prescribed. 
 32 (b) Exceeds $100 for a 30-day supply of any diabetes device 
 33 or diabetic ketoacidosis device. 
 34 (3) This section applies to all health insurance policies 
 35 delivered, issued, renewed, or amended on or after January 1, 
 36 2027, for delivery to persons in this state, including policies 
 37 provided by group, blanket, or franchise health insurers; 
 38 prepaid limited health service organizations and discount plan 
 39 organizations; and health maintenance organizations. 
 40 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.