Florida SB 46: Relief of Ramiro Companioni, Jr., by the City of Tampa

Bill Text

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Nonparticipating and Out-of-network Nurse Registries and Home Health Agencies 
2025-09-15T05:04:37Z 
Prohibiting state group health insurance plans and state-contracted health maintenance organizations, the Agency for Health Care Administration, Medicaid managed care plans, individual health insurers, and health maintenance organizations, respectively, and any persons responsible for administering claims on behalf of such plans, organizations, agency, or insurers, from restricting participants, recipients, enrollees, policyholders, and subscribers from obtaining care from nonparticipating or out-of-network licensed nurse registries or home health agencies; revising applicability for group health insurance, blanket health insurance, and franchise health insurance, 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 46 

 By Senator Sharief 

 35-00008A-26 202646__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to nonparticipating and out-of-network 
 3 nurse registries and home health agencies; creating 
 4 ss. 110.1236, 409.9055, 409.9755, 627.64744, and 
 5 641.3152, F.S.; prohibiting state group health 
 6 insurance plans and state-contracted health 
 7 maintenance organizations, the Agency for Health Care 
 8 Administration, Medicaid managed care plans, 
 9 individual health insurers, and health maintenance 
 10 organizations, respectively, and any persons 
 11 responsible for administering claims on behalf of such 
 12 plans, organizations, agency, or insurers, from 
 13 restricting participants, recipients, enrollees, 
 14 policyholders, and subscribers from obtaining care 
 15 from nonparticipating or out-of-network licensed nurse 
 16 registries or home health agencies; prohibiting such 
 17 entities and plans from steering, requiring, or unduly 
 18 influencing selection of nurse registries or home 
 19 health agencies; requiring that nonparticipating or 
 20 out-of-network nurse registries and home health 
 21 agencies be reimbursed at the same rate as in-network 
 22 providers; amending s. 627.662, F.S.; revising 
 23 applicability for group health insurance, blanket 
 24 health insurance, and franchise health insurance; 
 25 providing an effective date. 
 26 
 27 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 28 
 29 Section 1. Section 110.1236, Florida Statutes, is created 
 30 to read: 
 31 110.1236 State group health insurance plan prohibited 
 32 practices; nonparticipating and out-of-network nurse registries 
 33 and home health agencies.—A state group health insurance plan, 
 34 state-contracted HMO, or other insurance plan under the state 
 35 group insurance program, or any person responsible for 
 36 administering claims on behalf of the state group health 
 37 insurance plan, state-contracted HMO, or other insurance plan 
 38 under the state group insurance program, may not restrict 
 39 participants from obtaining care from nonparticipating or out 
 40 of-network nurse registries or home health agencies licensed 
 41 under part III of chapter 400. Such plans, entities, or persons 
 42 may not steer, require, or unduly influence a participant to use 
 43 preferred or in-network nurse registries or home health 
 44 agencies. Nonparticipating and out-of-network nurse registries 
 45 and home health agencies licensed under part III of chapter 400 
 46 must be reimbursed at the same rate as in-network providers for 
 47 equivalent services under the plan. 
 48 Section 2. Section 409.9055, Florida Statutes, is created 
 49 to read: 
 50 409.9055 Medicaid prohibited practices; nonparticipating 
 51 and out-of-network nurse registries and home health agencies. 
 52 The agency, or any person responsible for administering claims 
 53 on behalf of the agency, may not restrict Medicaid recipients 
 54 from obtaining care from nonparticipating or out-of-network 
 55 nurse registries or home health agencies licensed under part III 
 56 of chapter 400. The agency or person may not steer, require, or 
 57 unduly influence a Medicaid recipient to use preferred or 
 58 participating nurse registries or home health agencies. 
 59 Nonparticipating and out-of-network nurse registries and home 
 60 health agencies licensed under part III of chapter 400 must be 
 61 reimbursed at the same rate as participating or in-network 
 62 providers for equivalent services under the plan. 
 63 Section 3. Section 409.9755, Florida Statutes, is created 
 64 to read: 
 65 409.9755 Managed care plan prohibited practices; 
 66 nonparticipating and out-of-network nurse registries and home 
 67 health agencies.—A Medicaid managed care plan, or any person 
 68 responsible for administering claims on behalf of the plan, may 
 69 not restrict enrollees from obtaining care from nonparticipating 
 70 or out-of-network nurse registries or home health agencies 
 71 licensed under part III of chapter 400. Such plan or person may 
 72 not steer, require, or undu