# Florida SB 158: Coverage for Diagnostic and Supplemental Breast Examinations

Florida SB 158, Coverage for Diagnostic and Supplemental Breast Examinations, is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Lori Berman (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-05-21 (Chapter No. 2025-44); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB158-2025
- As of: 2026-10-19
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 158
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: Coverage for Diagnostic and Supplemental Breast Examinations
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-09
- Last action: 2025-05-21, Chapter No. 2025-44
- Sponsor: Lori Berman (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Appropriation, Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, Appropriations, House Calendar
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 4 (183 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- State workers pay less for breast exams: benefit, medium. Starting January 1, 2026, Florida state employee health plans cannot charge cost-sharing for covered diagnostic or supplemental breast exams. Diagnostic exams evaluate an abnormality seen or suspected during screening. Supplemental exams screen people with risk factors when no abnormality is suspec…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Lori Berman (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-29 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 116 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 38 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-20 | Senate | Appropriations Vote | pass | 18 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-05 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Vote | pass | 11 | 0 |   |

## Actions (27)

- 2025-05-21: Chapter No. 2025-44
- 2025-05-20: Approved by Governor
- 2025-05-16: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2025-04-29: Ordered enrolled (Senate)
- 2025-04-29: Passed; YEAS 116, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2025-04-29: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2025-04-29: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-29: Placed on 3rd reading (House)
- 2025-04-29: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2025-04-28: 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) (House)
- 2025-04-28: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/29/2025) (House)
- 2025-04-28: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2025-03-27: In Messages (House)
- 2025-03-27: Immediately certified -SJ 279 (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Passed; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 276 (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Read 3rd time -SJ 276 (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Read 2nd time -SJ 276 (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/27/25 (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 03/20/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Now in Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 03/05/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-01-24: Referred to Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Appropriations (Senate)
- 2025-01-09: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2026-01-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/158/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/158/BillText/er/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-01-09: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/158/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/158/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs (vetoed)
- HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program (vetoed)
- HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death (vetoed)
- HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees (vetoed)
- HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates (vetoed)
- HB 5015: State Group Insurance (vetoed)

## Sources
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/158/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/158/BillText/er/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/158/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/158/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [HB 1427: Nursing Education Programs](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1427-2025)
- [HB 1095: Criminal Offender Substance Abuse Program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1095-2025)
- [HB 6017: Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6017-2025)
- [HB 1445: Public Officers and Employees](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB1445-2025)
- [HB 11: Municipal Water and Sewer Utility Rates](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB11-2025)
- [HB 5015: State Group Insurance](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB5015-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB158-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).