# Florida SB 1808: Refund of Overpayments Made by Patients

Florida SB 1808, Refund of Overpayments Made by Patients, is a 2025 Senate bill sponsored by Colleen Burton (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-21 (Chapter No. 2025-48); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/FL-SB1808-2025
- 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 1808
- State: Florida
- Session: 2025
- Title: Refund of Overpayments Made by Patients
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-28
- Last action: 2025-05-21, Chapter No. 2025-48
- Sponsor: Colleen Burton (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Appropriation, Health Policy, Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, Rules, House Calendar
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 5 (187 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Patients gain a 30-day refund right: benefit, low. Starting January 1, 2026, covered Florida health care facilities and practitioners must refund patient overpayments within 30 days after determining an overpayment was made. The rules cover facility licensees that file reimbursement claims with government health programs, private insurers, or healt…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Colleen Burton (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Health Policy
- Cosponsor: Rules

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-30 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 112 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-23 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 37 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-16 | Senate | Rules Vote | pass | 21 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-10 | Senate | Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Vote | pass | 8 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-18 | Senate | Health Policy Vote | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (33)

- 2025-05-21: Chapter No. 2025-48
- 2025-05-20: Approved by Governor
- 2025-05-16: Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
- 2025-04-30: Ordered enrolled (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: CS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 (House)
- 2025-04-30: Read 3rd time (House)
- 2025-04-30: Added to Third Reading Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-30: Placed on 3rd reading (House)
- 2025-04-30: Read 2nd time (House)
- 2025-04-29: 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) (House)
- 2025-04-29: Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025) (House)
- 2025-04-29: Bill referred to House Calendar (House)
- 2025-04-23: In Messages (House)
- 2025-04-23: CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 491 (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Read 3rd time -SJ 491 (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Read 2nd time -SJ 491 (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: CS/CS by Rules read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/23/25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 21 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-11: On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/16/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-04-11: Now in Rules (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: CS by Health Policy read 1st time (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: CS by Health Policy; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Filed (Senate)

## Bill text

- er, 2026-01-01: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1808/BillText/er/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1808/BillText/er/PDF)
- c2, 2025-04-17: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1808/BillText/c2/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1808/BillText/c2/PDF)
- c1, 2025-03-20: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1808/BillText/c1/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1808/BillText/c1/PDF)
- Filed, 2025-02-28: [HTML](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1808/BillText/Filed/HTML), [PDF](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1808/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/2025/1808/BillText/er/HTML)
- [er (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1808/BillText/er/PDF)
- [c2 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1808/BillText/c2/HTML)
- [c2 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1808/BillText/c2/PDF)
- [c1 (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1808/BillText/c1/HTML)
- [c1 (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1808/BillText/c1/PDF)
- [Filed (HTML)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1808/BillText/Filed/HTML)
- [Filed (PDF)](https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1808/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-SB1808-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).