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Became law SENATE · SESSION 2026 · CHAPTER 2026-81

No. SB 192

Patient Funds Held in Trust by Chiropractic Physicians
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FILED BY
Jonathan Martin — District 33, Republican [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026

Filed under Healthcare.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Patient Funds Held in Trust by Chiropractic Physicians; Deleting the limitation on the amount of patient funds a chiropractic physician may hold in trust for specified purposes, etc.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Removes the $1,500 cap on patient advances held in trust.

Chiropractic physicians who hold a patient's money in trust for costs and expenses of examination or treatment no longer face a $1,500 ceiling on how large that advance can be. The trust-holding duty itself is unchanged.

Money entrusted to a chiropractor for a specific purpose must still be held in trust and used only for that purpose, and the board may still set its own rules for how such funds are handled.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 Removes the $1,500 cap on patient advances held in trust majors. 460.413

AIA chiropractic physician may now hold in trust an advance of any amount for the costs and expenses of an examination or treatment; the $1,500 ceiling that previously capped the size of that advance is deleted.

“which may not exceed the value of $1,500” bill text, line 21 →
§ 2 Keeps the trust and purpose-restriction duties unchanged moderates. 460.413

AIThe underlying requirement is untouched: money or property entrusted to a chiropractic physician for a specific purpose must still be held in trust and applied only to that purpose, regardless of how large the amount is.

“is to be held in trust and must be applied only to that purpose” bill text, line 21 →
TIMELINE
5/22/2026
Chapter No. 2026-81
5/21/2026
Approved by Governor
5/6/2026
Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
3/17/2026
Ordered enrolled
3/11/2026
Passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
3/11/2026
Read 3rd time
3/11/2026
Added to Third Reading Calendar
3/11/2026
Read 2nd time
3/10/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/10/2026
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/11/2026)
3/10/2026
Bill referred to House Calendar
2/19/2026
In Messages
2/19/2026
Immediately certified -SJ 356
2/19/2026
Passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 342
2/19/2026
Read 3rd time -SJ 342
2/19/2026
Read 2nd time -SJ 342
2/18/2026
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/19/26
2/18/2026
Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
2/17/2026
Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 24 NAYS 0
2/12/2026
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/17/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
1/27/2026
Now in Rules
1/27/2026
Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
1/22/2026
On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 110 Senate Building
1/21/2026
Now in Judiciary
1/20/2026
Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
1/15/2026
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/20/26, 3:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
1/13/2026
Introduced
11/3/2025
Referred to Health Policy; Judiciary; Rules
10/14/2025
Filed
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STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 460.413
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