Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1531: Government-facilitated Purchases and Sales of Individual and Small Employer Health and Dental Plans
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Establishes Florida Health Insurance Exchange within OIR to facilitate purchase & sale of qualified health plans; provides duties of exchange; authorizes exchange to contract with eligible entity to perform exchange's functions; authorizes exchange to enter into agreements with governmental agencies & entities to carry out exchange's responsibilities; provides general requirements & prohibitions for exchange; provides certifications by exchange of health & dental benefit plans; authorizes Commissioner of Insurance Regulation & office to contract with vendor to build & manage exchange.
What the bill says
An act relating to government-facilitated purchases and sales of individual and small employer health and dental plans; creating s. 627.4463, F.S.; providing a short title; providing purpose and legislative intent; providing definitions; establishing the Florida Health Insurance Exchange within the Office of Insurance Regulation to facilitate purchase and sale of qualified health plans; providing duties of the exchange; authorizing the exchange to contract with an eligible entity to perform the exchange's functions under certain circumstances…
From the introduced text, January 9, 2026:
An act relating to government-facilitated purchases and sales of individual and small employer health and dental plans; creating s. 627.4463, F.S.; providing a short title; providing purpose and legislative intent; providing definitions; establishing the Florida Health Insurance Exchange within the Office of Insurance Regulation to facilitate purchase and sale of qualified health plans; providing duties of the exchange; authorizing the exchange to contract with an eligible entity to perform the exchange's functions under certain circumstances; authorizing the exchange to enter into agreements with governmental agencies and entities to carry out the exchange's responsibilities under certain circumstances; providing general requirements and prohibitions for the exchange; providing certifications by the exchange of health and dental benefit plans; authorizing the Commissioner of Insurance Regulation and the office to contract with a vendor to build and manage the exchange; providing rulemaking authority; providing construction; providing a contingent effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: HB 1531 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb1531-00 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES Section 1. Section 627.4463, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 627.4463 Florida Health Insurance Exchange; government-28 facilitated purchases and sales of individual and small employer health and dental plans.— (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the "Florida Health Insurance Exchange Act." (2) PURPOSE AND INTENT.—The …