HB 905 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Florida Health Choices Program

Summary

Florida Health Choices Program; Renames "Florida Health Choices Program" as "Florida Employee Health Choices Program"; revises program purpose & components to provide for sale & purchase of individual health insurance plans to employees enrolled in individual coverage health reimbursement arrangements; removes provisions relating to certain health care service providers, organizations, entities, & vendors, vendor procedures, products available for purchase through program, pricing, risk pooling, & exemptions; revises marketplace process; creates Florida Employee Health Choices, Inc.; provides requirements for DMS; providing for board of directors & membership & terms of office; authorizes corporation to exercise certain powers; provides requirements for board & corporation; revises fiscal year in which corporation's annual report is due.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 23, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025

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What changed between versions

H 905 Filed → H 905 c1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was converted from a filed version to a committee substitute version with substantive changes to legislative intent and program structure. The most significant change is the addition of requirements for the Department of Management Services to facilitate the formation of Florida Employee Health Choices, Inc. and provide administrative support, along with revisions to the board of directors membership. The bill also clarifies that the program will allow employers to offer individual health insurance plans through health reimbursement arrangements.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include specific requirements for state administrative support and corporation formation through the Department of Management Services, while maintaining the core purpose of creating a marketplace for individual health insurance plans.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement for the Department of Management Services to facilitate the formation of Florida Employee Health Choices, Inc. and provide administrative support for the program.

Added provisions requiring the corporation to exercise certain powers and establishing specific requirements for both the board and the corporation.

DEFINITION

Modified the legislative intent section to clarify the program's purpose and added new provisions about board of directors membership requirements.

TECHNICAL

Changed document header from 'HB 905' to 'CS/HB 905' indicating this is a committee substitute version, and updated page count from 24 to 28 pages.

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 31, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Committee

Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

lower

Mar 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

lower

Mar 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

lower

Mar 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

PCS added to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee agenda

lower

Mar 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

lower

Mar 2, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 2, 2025

Committee

Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee

lower

Mar 2, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

lower

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