Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 944
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/12/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Davis) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 11 - 39
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (18) of section 627.6131, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         627.6131 Payment of claims.—
    8         (18) Notwithstanding the 30-month period provided in
    9  subsection (6), all claims for overpayment submitted to a
   10  provider licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460,
   11  chapter 461, or chapter 466, or chapter 490 must be submitted to
   12  the provider within 12 months after the health insurer’s payment
   13  of the claim. A claim for overpayment may not be permitted
   14  beyond 12 months after the health insurer’s payment of a claim,
   15  except that claims for overpayment may be sought beyond that
   16  time from providers convicted of fraud pursuant to s. 817.234.
   17         Section 2. Subsection (16) of section 641.3155, Florida
   18  Statutes, is amended to read:
   19         641.3155 Prompt payment of claims.—
   20         (16) Notwithstanding the 30-month period provided in
   21  subsection (5), all claims for overpayment submitted to a
   22  provider licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460,
   23  chapter 461, or chapter 466, or chapter 490 must be submitted to
   24  the provider within 12 months after the health maintenance
   25  organization’s payment of the claim. A claim for overpayment may
   26  not be permitted beyond 12 months after the health maintenance
   27  organization’s payment of a claim, except that claims for
   28  overpayment may be sought beyond that time from providers
   29  convicted of fraud pursuant to s. 817.234.
   30         Section 3. The amendments made by this act to ss.
   31  627.6131(18) and 641.3155(16), Florida Statutes, apply to claims
   32  for services provided on or after January 1, 2026.
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   35  And the title is amended as follows:
   36         Delete lines 3 - 4
   37  and insert:
   38         submitted to psychologists; amending ss. 627.6131 and
   39         641.3155, F.S.; requiring that insurance