Florida Senate - 2026                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1756
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             03/06/2026 11:50 AM       .                                
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       Senator Yarborough moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 135 and 136
    4  insert:
    5         Section 4. Present subsection (4) of section 456.054,
    6  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (5) and amended,
    7  and a new subsection (4) is added to that section, to read:
    8         456.054 Kickbacks prohibited.—
    9         (4) It is unlawful for a vaccine manufacturer to offer or
   10  pay, a commission, bonus, kickback, or rebate, directly or
   11  indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind, for the
   12  administration of a vaccine. It is unlawful for a health care
   13  practitioner to receive such a commission, bonus, kickback, or
   14  rebate from a vaccine manufacturer for the administration of a
   15  vaccine.
   16         (5)(4) Violations of this section are shall be considered
   17  patient brokering and are shall be punishable as provided in s.
   18  817.505.
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   21  And the title is amended as follows:
   22         Delete line 8
   23  and insert:
   24         construction; amending s. 456.054, F.S.; prohibiting a
   25         vaccine manufacturer from offering or paying, and a
   26         health care practitioner from receiving, specified
   27         financial incentives for the administration of a
   28         vaccine; providing a penalty; amending s. 456.0575,
   29         F.S.; requiring