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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to insurance overpayment claims 2
submitted to psychologists; amending s. 627.6131, 3
F.S.; requiring insurance overpayment claims submitted 4
to psychologists to be submitted within a specified 5
timeframe; providing applicability; providing an 6
effective date. 7
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9
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Section 1. Subsection (18) of section 627.6131, Florida 11
Statutes, is amended to read: 12
627.6131 Payment of claims. — 13
(18) Notwithstanding the 30 -month period provided in 14
subsection (6), all claims for overpayment submitted to a 15
provider licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, 16
chapter 461, or chapter 466, or chapter 490 must be submitted to 17
the provider within 12 months after the health insurer's payment 18
of the claim. A claim for overpayment may not be permitted 19
beyond 12 months after the health insurer's payment of a claim, 20
except that claims for overpayment ma y be sought beyond that 21
time from providers convicted of fraud pursuant to s. 817.234. 22
Section 2. The amendments made by this act to s. 23
627.6131(18), Florida Statutes, apply to claims for services 24
provided on or after January 1, 2026. 25
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Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 26