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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 46: Nonparticipating and Out-of-network Nurse Registries and Home Health Agencies

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 46 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on September 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Nonparticipating and Out-of-network Nurse Registries and Home Health Agencies. Primary sponsor: Barbara Sharief (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (October 29, 2025): Withdrawn prior to introduction.

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.

Nonparticipating and Out-of-network Nurse Registries and Home Health Agencies; 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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Barbara ShariefPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate35

“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. Withdrawn prior to introduction
  2. Withdrawn from Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
  3. Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
  4. Filed

Sources

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