HB 1291: Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association
GENERAL BILL by Anderson
Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association; Requires agency to recover full amount of medical assistance from neurological injury compensation association; provides and revising definitions; revises exclusiveness of remedy under Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan; revises provisions relating to filing claims; revises items that are eligible for award providing compensation; requires compensation to be provided for certain actual expenses; requires compensation for costs of major medical health coverage; requires plan reimburse for certain payments made for services provided; exempts expenses for professional custodial care in certain circumstances; requires that, upon entry of final order for compensation; parents or legal guardians obtain private health insurance or submit application for Medicare program; requires director to maintain plan of operation; requires certain assessments to be paid into Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association at certain times for certain purposes; requires plan of operation include provision for fraud; removes obsolete provisions; revises provisions relating to actuarial valuation of plan; requires that association submit quarterly estimates; requires associations to state whether plan if actuarially sound; authoring transfer of funds to association from Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund if plan is not actuarially sound; requires association to require each entity to issue casualty insurance & pay annual assessment.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/8/2026 House • Filed
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HB 1291, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/8/2026 at 2:41 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1668 Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association Burton Similar Last Action: 1/9/2026 S Filed 
Citations - Statutes (8)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 409.910 Responsibility for payments on behalf of Medicaid-eligible persons when other parties are liable. Page 3 (pdf) 766.302 Definitions; ss. 766.301-766.316. Page 4 (pdf) 766.303 Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan; exclusiveness of remedy. Page 8 (pdf) 766.305 Filing of claims and responses; medical disciplinary review. Page 9 (pdf) 766.309 Determination of claims; presumption; findings of administrative law judge binding on participants. Page 11 (pdf) 766.31 Administrative law judge awards for birth-related neurological injuries; notice of award. Page 11 (pdf) 766.314 Assessments; plan of operation. Page 18 (pdf) 766.315 Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association; board of directors; notice of meetings; report. Page 36 (pdf)