Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida S1110: Coverage for Orthotics and Prosthetics Services
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to authorize and pay for specified orthotics and prosthetics services for Medicaid recipients who are eligible individuals; requiring the agency to seek federal approval and amend contracts as necessary to implement the act; requiring individual health insurance policies; group, blanket, and franchise health insurance policies; and health maintenance contracts, respectively, to provide coverage for specified orthotics and prosthetics services for eligible individuals, etc.
What the bill says
An act relating to coverage for orthotics and prosthetics services; amending s. 409.906, F.S.; defining the term "eligible individual"; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to authorize and pay for specified orthotics and prosthetics services for Medicaid recipients who are eligible individuals; providing construction; requiring the agency to seek federal approval and amend contracts as necessary to implement the act; creating ss. 627.64085, 627.6614, and 641.31079, F.S.; defining the term "eligible individual"…
From the introduced text, February 12, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to coverage for orthotics and prosthetics services; amending s. 409.906, F.S.; defining the term "eligible individual"; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to authorize and pay for specified orthotics and prosthetics services for Medicaid recipients who are eligible individuals; providing construction; requiring the agency to seek federal approval and amend contracts as necessary to implement the act; creating ss. 627.64085, 627.6614, and 641.31079, F.S.; defining the term "eligible individual"; requiring individual health insurance policies; group, blanket, and franchise health insurance policies; and health maintenance contracts, respectively, to provide coverage for specified orthotics and prosthetics services for eligible individuals; authorizing health insurers and health maintenance organizations to require certain supporting documentation; prohibiting health insurers and health maintenance organizations from denying claims under certain circumstances; requiring health insurers and health maintenance organizations to submit annual reports of specified information to the Office of Insurance Regulation; providing construction; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (10) of section 409.906, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 409.906 Optional Medicaid services.--Subject to specific appropriations, the agency may make payments for services which are optional to the state under Title XIX of the Social Security Act and are furnished by Medicaid providers to recipients who are …