Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1291: Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association
Status: Passed one chamber, March 10, 2026
Requires agency to recover full amount of medical assistance from neurological injury compensation association; 766.302, F.S.; provides & revising definitions; removes limitation on time subject to plan compensation; provides & revising definitions; removes limitation on time subject to plan compensation; revises terminology; revises provisions relating to filing claims; conforms cross-reference; 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 to reimburse 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 Medicaid program; requires directors 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 to include provision for fraud; removes obsolete provisions; revises provisions relating to actuarial valuation of plan; requires association to submit quarterly estimates; requires association to state whether plan is actuarially sound; authorizes 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 and pay annual assessment; provides requirements for annual assessments; requires increase in assessments after certain findings.
What the bill says
An act relating to the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association; amending s. 409.910, F.S.; requiring the agency to recover the full amount of medical assistance from the neurological injury compensation association; amending s. 766.302, F.S.; providing and revising definitions; removing a limitation on time subject to plan compensation; amending s. 766.303, F.S.; revising terminology; amending s. 766.305, F.S.; revising provisions relating to filing claims; amending s. 766.309, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 766.31, F.S.…
From the introduced text, March 2, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association; amending s. 409.910, F.S.; requiring the agency to recover the full amount of medical assistance from the neurological injury compensation association; amending s. 766.302, F.S.; providing and revising definitions; removing a limitation on time subject to plan compensation; amending s. 766.303, F.S.; revising terminology; amending s. 766.305, F.S.; revising provisions relating to filing claims; amending s. 766.309, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; amending s. 766.31, F.S.; revising items that are eligible for an award providing compensation; requiring compensation to be provided for certain actual expenses; requiring compensation for the costs of major medical health coverage; requiring the plan to reimburse certain payments made for services provided; exempting expenses for professional custodial care in certain circumstances; requiring that, upon entry of a final order for compensation, parents or legal guardians obtain private health insurance or submit an application for the Medicaid program; amending s. 766.314, F.S.; requiring the directors to maintain a plan of operation; requiring certain assessments to be words underlined are additions. hb1291-02-c2 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES CS/CS/HB 1291 2026 paid into the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association at certain times for certain purposes; requiring the plan of operation to include a provision for fraud; removing obsolete provisions; revising provisions relating to an actuarial valuation of …