Florida Senate - 2025                                    SB 1808
       
       
        
       By Senator Burton
       
       
       
       
       
       12-00994B-25                                          20251808__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to refund of overpayments made by
    3         patients; creating s. 456.0625, F.S.; requiring
    4         certain health care practitioners to refund to the
    5         patient any overpayment within a specified timeframe;
    6         providing applicability; providing for disciplinary
    7         action; authorizing the applicable regulatory board,
    8         or the Department of Health if there is no board, to
    9         adopt rules; amending s. 456.072, F.S.; subjecting
   10         certain health care practitioners to disciplinary
   11         action for failing to comply with specified
   12         provisions; providing an effective date.
   13          
   14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   16         Section 1. Section 456.0625, Florida Statutes, is created
   17  to read:
   18         456.0625 Patient overpayments; refunds by health care
   19  practitioners.—
   20         (1) A health care practitioner licensed under chapter 458,
   21  chapter 459, chapter 460, chapter 461, chapter 462, chapter 463,
   22  chapter 464, chapter 465, chapter 466, chapter 467, chapter 478,
   23  chapter 483, part I of chapter 484, chapter 486, chapter 490, or
   24  chapter 491 shall refund to the patient the amount of any
   25  overpayment made to the health care practitioner no later than
   26  30 days after the date that the health care practitioner
   27  determines that the overpayment was made.
   28         (2) This section does not apply to an overpayment subject
   29  to s. 627.6131 or s. 641.3155.
   30         (3) A health care practitioner’s violation of this section
   31  constitutes grounds for disciplinary action under the applicable
   32  practice act and under s. 456.072.
   33         (4) The applicable board, or the department if there is no
   34  board, may adopt rules to implement this section.
   35         Section 2. Paragraph (tt) is added to subsection (1) of
   36  section 456.072, Florida Statutes, to read:
   37         456.072 Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement.—
   38         (1) The following acts shall constitute grounds for which
   39  the disciplinary actions specified in subsection (2) may be
   40  taken:
   41         (tt) Failing to comply with s. 456.0625, relating to
   42  refunding overpayments to patients.
   43         Section 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.