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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1198: Health Insurance Claims

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1198 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on January 6, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Health Insurance Claims. Primary sponsor: Ralph Massullo (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Banking and Insurance.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Health Insurance Claims; Expanding the scope of the statewide provider and health plan claim dispute resolution program to include resolution of denied prior authorization requests; providing that participation in the program is mandatory and prohibiting providers and health plans from opting out of the claim dispute resolution process; prohibiting contracts between certain physicians and health insurers and health maintenance organizations, respectively, from specifying credit card payments to physicians as the only acceptable method for payments; authorizing use of electronic funds transfers by health insurers and health maintenance organizations, respectively, for payments to physicians under certain circumstances, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ralph MassulloPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Banking and Insurance
  2. Introduced
  3. Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules
  4. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source