Bill Summary

by Anderson

Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association: Requires agency to recover full amount of medical assistance from neurological injury compensation association; provides and revising definitions; revises exclusiveness of remedy under Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan; revises provisions relating to filing claims; revises items that are eligible for award providing compensation; requires compensation to be provided for certain actual expenses; requires compensation for costs of major medical health coverage; requires plan reimburse for certain payments made for services provided; exempts expenses for professional custodial care in certain circumstances; requires that, upon entry of final order for compensation; parents or legal guardians obtain private health insurance or submit application for Medicare program; requires director to maintain plan of operation; requires certain assessments to be paid into Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association at certain times for certain purposes; requires plan of operation include provision for fraud; removes obsolete provisions; revises provisions relating to actuarial valuation of plan; requires that association submit quarterly estimates; requires associations to state whether plan if actuarially sound; authoring transfer of funds to association from Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund if plan is not actuarially sound; requires association to require each entity to issue casualty insurance & pay annual assessment. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

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