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HB1533 • 2026

Fees/Government-Facilitated Purchases and Sales of Individual and Small Employer Health and Dental Plans

Fees/Government-Facilitated Purchases and Sales of Individual and Small Employer Health and Dental Plans

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Basabe
Last action
2026-03-13
Official status
House - Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
Effective date
This act s

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary text does not provide specific details about the amount of fees to be charged or how the funds will be used, leaving these aspects undefined.

Fees for Health Insurance Exchange

This bill allows Florida's Health Insurance Exchange to charge fees to health insurance companies and publish financial information online.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows the Florida Health Insurance Exchange to collect fees from health insurance companies.
  • Requires the exchange to post details about costs on its website, including money lost due to waste, fraud, or abuse.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Health insurance companies in Florida
  • Consumers looking for health insurance information

Terms To Know

Assessments
Fees charged to health carriers by the Health Insurance Exchange.
User fees
Charges paid by users of a service, in this case, health insurance companies using the exchange.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill will only take effect if another related bill (HB 1531) is also passed and signed into law.
  • It does not specify how much money can be collected or what exactly it will fund.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-13 House

    • Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

  2. 2026-01-15 House

    • Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee • Referred to Insurance & Banking Subcommittee • Referred to State Administration Budget Subcommittee • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

  3. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  4. 2026-01-09 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Fees/Government-Facilitated Purchases and Sales of Individual and Small Employer Health and Dental Plans; Authorizes Florida Health Insurance Exchange to charge assessments & user fees to health carriers & generate funding for specified purpose; requires exchange to publish certain financial information on Internet website.

Current Bill Text

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HB 1533 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to fees; amending s. 627.4463, F.S.; 2
authorizing the Florida Health Insurance Exchange to 3
charge assessments and user fees to health carriers 4
and generate funding for a specified purpose; 5
requiring the exchange to publish certain financial 6
information on a website; providing a contingent 7
effective date. 8
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
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Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 627.4463, Florida 12
Statutes, as created by HB 1531 or similar legislation, 2026 13
Regular Session, is amended to read: 14
627.4463 Florida Health Insurance Exchange; government-15
facilitated purchases and sales of individual and small employer 16
health and dental plans.— 17
(8) FUNDING; PUBLICATION OF COSTS; VENDOR TO BUILD AND 18
MANAGE EXCHANGE.— 19
(a) The exchange may charge assessments or user fees to 20
health carriers or otherwise may generate funding necessary to 21
support the operations provided under this section. 22
(b) The exchange shall publish the average costs of 23
licensing, regulatory fees, and any other payments required by 24
the exchange, and the administrative costs of the exchange, on a 25

HB 1533 2026

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hb1533-00
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

website to educate consumers on such costs. This information 26
must include information on moneys lost to waste, fraud, and 27
abuse. 28
(c) The commissioner and the office shall contract with a 29
vendor selected by a competitive procurement to build and manage 30
the exchange. 31
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026, but 32
only if HB 1531 or similar legislation is adopted in the same 33
legislative session or an extension thereof and becomes a law. 34