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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to insurance overpayment claims 2
submitted to psychologists; amending ss. 627.6131 and 3
641.3155, F.S.; requiring insurance overpayment claims 4
submitted to psychologists to be submitted within a 5
specified timeframe; providing applicability; 6
providing an 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 over payment may be sought beyond that 21
time from providers convicted of fraud pursuant to s. 817.234. 22
Section 2. Subsection (16) of section 641.3155, Florida 23
Statutes, is amended to read: 24
641.3155 Prompt payment of claims. — 25
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(16) Notwithstanding the 30 -month period provided in 26
subsection (5), all claims for overpayment submitted to a 27
provider licensed under chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, 28
chapter 461, or chapter 466, or chapter 490 must be submitted to 29
the provider within 12 months after the health maintenance 30
organization's payment of the claim. A claim for overpayment may 31
not be permitted beyond 12 months after the health maintenance 32
organization's payment of a claim, except that claims for 33
overpayment may be sought beyond that time from providers 34
convicted of fraud pursuant to s. 817.234. 35
Section 3. The amendments made by this act to ss. 36
627.6131(18) and 641.3155(16), Florida Statutes, apply to claims 37
for services provided on or after January 1, 2026. 38
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 39