# Florida SB 1668: Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association

Florida SB 1668, Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association, is a 2026 Senate bill sponsored by Colleen Burton (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-06-12 (Chapter No. 2026-127); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-13).

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## Facts
- Bill: Florida SB 1668
- State: Florida
- Session: 2026
- Title: Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-09
- Last action: 2026-06-12, Chapter No. 2026-127
- Sponsor: Colleen Burton (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Appropriation, Banking and Insurance, Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, Rules, House Calendar
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 7 (322 yes, 5 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 12

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Lifetime housing and transportation for participants: benefit, high. Participants receive up to $100,000 in housing help over their lifetime. Help includes home down payments, moving, construction, and home changes. The Plan must also provide families reliable transportation for the participant and medically necessary equipment throughout the participant’s life. It…
- More therapy and guardianship help for families: benefit, high. Family members and relatives who have lived with a participant can receive payment for qualifying therapy. The limit is $10,000 annually during the participant’s life and $20,000 total after the participant’s death. Services must come from a qualifying licensed psychiatrist or provider, including p…
- Repayment for families’ earlier unpaid care: benefit, high. The Plan must reimburse qualifying past care by December 31, 2026. The care must be reasonable, medically necessary, and received on or before June 30, 2026. Repayment covers care the Plan reduced or left unpaid because the participant lacked comprehensive or major medical insurance. This provision…
- State cash supports birth injury benefits: benefit, low. Insurance regulators must authorize a state fund transfer if the Plan lacks enough cash for the following fiscal year. Authorization is due within 30 calendar days of that finding. Transfers come from the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund and cannot exceed $20 million over the Plan’s lifetime.
- Stronger financial checks on injury benefits: benefit, low. The Association’s operating plan and amendments require insurance regulators’ approval and must address fraud and overpayments. It must estimate each claim’s current-value cost within 60 days, update estimates quarterly, and report updates within 15 business days. Each update also requires a financ…
- Families face limits on injury lawsuits: cost, high. Plan remedies replace other medical-negligence claims concerning the covered birth injury against those directly involved in the birth-related care. This applies to the infant, personal representative, family, dependents, and next of kin. A civil case requires clear and convincing evidence of bad f…
- Financial trouble can limit families’ claims: cost, high. After an audited prior-year cash-flow deficit, the board cannot add or expand benefits that increase costs; statutory benefits are exempt. If insurance regulators find the Plan financially unsound and statutory remedies insufficient, the Association must notify state leaders and regulators within f…
- Family caregivers face limits on pay: cost, medium. The Plan cannot pay a family member for residential or custodial care while another provider also supplies care and supervision. It also cannot pay for caregiving time when another source pays that family member for work performed at the same time. These limits apply to family-provided care, not al…
- Hospitals and doctors pay Plan assessments: cost, low. Covered hospitals pay $50 per assessable infant delivered, due December 31 of the year after birth. Stillbirths and other statutory birth exclusions do not count, and specified public hospitals are exempt. Qualifying charity or Medicaid births can be excluded with documentation when the statutory r…
- Plan shortfalls can raise insurance costs: cost, low. If the Plan is unlikely to regain financial soundness before its next biennial review, regulators must order remedies within 60 calendar days. One remedy assesses specified casualty insurers based on prior-year net direct premiums, aiming to restore soundness within five years. Each insurer’s annua…
- Paid health coverage with family deadlines: mixed, high. The birth injury Plan pays participants’ comprehensive major medical insurance premiums and out-of-pocket costs. A family member must keep this coverage continuously. Without coverage at the final compensation order, families must obtain coverage within 60 days or apply for Medicaid within 30 days.…
- Participants get revised care expense coverage: mixed, medium. The Plan expressly covers medically necessary, reasonable dental care among eligible expenses incurred since birth. Payments are limited to reasonable local charges for similar treatment. The revised expense list no longer expressly names facilities alongside special equipment or training alongside…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Colleen Burton (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government
- Cosponsor: Rules

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-13 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 96 | 2 |   |
| 2026-03-12 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-10 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 112 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 22 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-25 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government Vote | pass | 7 | 2 |   |
| 2026-01-28 | Senate | Banking and Insurance Vote | pass | 9 | 1 |   |

## Actions (41)

- 2026-06-12: Chapter No. 2026-127
- 2026-06-11: Approved by Governor
- 2026-06-09: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2026-03-17: Ordered engrossed, then enrolled (Senate)
- 2026-03-13: CS passed as amended; YEAS 96, NAYS 2 (House)
- 2026-03-13: Amendment 771754 Concur (House)
- 2026-03-13: Added to Senate Message List (House)
- 2026-03-12: In Messages (House)
- 2026-03-12: CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 859 (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (690561) -SJ 859 (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (771754) -SJ 859 (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: In returning messages (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2026-03-10: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2026-03-10: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-10: Amendment 690561 adopted (House)
- 2026-03-10: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2026-03-09: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) (House)
- 2026-03-09: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026) (House)
- 2026-03-09: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-05: In Messages (House)
- 2026-03-05: CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 611 (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Read 3rd time -SJ 611 (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Read 2nd time -SJ 611 (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: CS/CS by Rules read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26 (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Now in Rules (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 7 NAYS 2 (Senate)
- 2026-02-20: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/25/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 1 (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/28/26, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-01-16: Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules (Senate)
- 2026-01-09: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2026-06-11: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/er/PDF)
- e1, 2026-03-17: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/e1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/e1/PDF)
- c2, 2026-03-04: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2026-02-26: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2026-01-09: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related bills

- SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation (signed)
- HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg (signed)
- HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families (signed)
- HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County (signed)
- HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County (signed)

## Sources
- [er (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/er/PDF)
- [e1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/e1/HTML)
- [e1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/e1/PDF)
- [c2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/Filed/PDF)

## Related
- [SB 14: Relief of Jose Correa by Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB14-2026)
- [HB 6509: Relief/Estate of Mark LaGatta/Department of Transportation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6509-2026)
- [HB 6517: Relief/Heriberto A. Sanchez-Mayen/City of St. Petersburg](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6517-2026)
- [HB 6507: Relief/L.E./Department of Children and Families](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6507-2026)
- [HB 6515: Relief/Lourdes Latour and Edward Latour/Miami-Dade County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB6515-2026)
- [HB 4103: Apalachicola Water and Sewer District, Franklin County](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-HB4103-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1668-2026 (as of 2026-10-13).