S 0040
Medicaid Providers
Would have required Medicaid HMOs to answer member calls 24/7, return after-hours messages within 30 minutes, and staff nurse lines outside business hours. Insurers failing these response rules could face contract penalties. Aimed at improving access for the 5+ million Floridians on Medicaid managed care.
Timeline
- Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- Introduced
- Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 08–0
- Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 11/18/25, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
- Filed
Status
Died in Appropriations Committee on Health…
- Stage:
- Failed
- Chamber:
- Senate
- Last movement:
- March 13, 2026
Bill text, sponsors and roll-call data via LegiScan · 2026 Regular Session of the Florida Legislature.