--- type: "Bill" title: "Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association" description: "Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to recover from the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association specified costs incurred by Medicaid; revising the exclusiveness of rights and remedies of the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan; revising services eligible for compensation under certain annual benefits under the plan; requiring family members of plan participants to continuously maintain certain health insurance coverage for the participant; revising requirements for the administration of assessments and appropriations dedicated to the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan, etc." jurisdiction: "us/states/fl" legislature: "Florida Legislature" session: "2026" identifier: "SB 1668" citation: "Florida SB 1668 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["social welfare"] status: "enacted" chapter_law: "2026-127" primary_sponsors: ["Burton"] version_count: 5 action_count: 41 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2026-01-09" last_action: "2026-06-12" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42fbeefc-027b-4e3c-bdb4-a1f99a097a44" source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/ByCategory" source_hash: "5d442b3716f1806766b144141821985b8525bacb6c29baea5f6f33876e8135fd" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"] --- # Florida SB 1668 (2026) — Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to recover from the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Association specified costs incurred by Medicaid; revising the exclusiveness of rights and remedies of the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan; revising services eligible for compensation under certain annual benefits under the plan; requiring family members of plan participants to continuously maintain certain health insurance coverage for the participant; revising requirements for the administration of assessments and appropriations dedicated to the Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Plan, etc. **Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-127. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **S 1668 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/Filed/HTML) 2. **S 1668 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/c1/HTML) 3. **S 1668 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/c2/HTML) 4. **S 1668 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/e1/HTML) 5. **S 1668 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1668/BillText/er/HTML) ## Votes - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **7–2** (pass) · upper - Favorable with Committee Substitute — **22–0** (pass) · upper - Passage, Third Reading — **112–0** (pass) · lower - Returning Messages — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Favorable — **9–1** (pass) · upper - Passage — **96–2** (pass) · lower - Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government — primary (organization) - Burton — primary (person) - Rules — primary (organization) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2026-01-09** Filed `filing` - **2026-01-16** Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; Rules `referral-committee` - **2026-01-22** Introduced `introduction` - **2026-01-23** On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/28/26, 10:30 am, 412 Knott Building - **2026-01-28** Favorable by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 9 NAYS 1 `committee-passage-favorable` - **2026-01-28** Now in Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government - **2026-02-20** On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government, 02/25/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building - **2026-02-25** CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government; YEAS 7 NAYS 2 - **2026-02-26** Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2026-02-26** Now in Rules - **2026-02-26** On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building - **2026-02-26** CS by Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government read 1st time - **2026-03-03** CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0 - **2026-03-04** Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) - **2026-03-04** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading - **2026-03-04** Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26 - **2026-03-04** CS/CS by Rules read 1st time - **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-03-05** In Messages - **2026-03-09** Bill referred to House Calendar - **2026-03-09** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026) - **2026-03-09** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1` - **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-03-10** Amendment 690561 adopted - **2026-03-10** Added to Third Reading Calendar - **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-03-10** CS passed as amended; YEAS 112, NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-03-10** In returning messages - **2026-03-12** Amendment(s) to House amendment(s) adopted (771754) - **2026-03-12** Concurred in House amendment(s) as amended (690561) - **2026-03-12** CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 `passage` - **2026-03-12** In Messages - **2026-03-13** Added to Senate Message List - **2026-03-13** Amendment 771754 Concur - **2026-03-13** CS passed as amended; YEAS 96, NAYS 2 `passage` - **2026-03-17** Ordered engrossed, then enrolled `enrolled` - **2026-06-09** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2026-06-11** Approved by Governor `executive-signature` - **2026-06-12** Chapter No. 2026-127 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42fbeefc-027b-4e3c-bdb4-a1f99a097a44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).