Novaré Injury Care and Rehab Corrects PIP Chiropractic Confusion

Fort Myers, Florida – August 28, 2026 – PRESSADVANTAGE –

Florida did not repeal its no-fault auto insurance law. Insurance Journal published a correction to that effect on May 5, 2026, under the headline “No, Florida Lawmakers Did Not Repeal the No-Fault Auto Insurance Law,” after a claim that Personal Injury Protection ended on July 1, 2026 spread widely online. Novaré Injury Care and Rehab is raising the issue locally because the misunderstanding has a practical consequence for crash patients that has nothing to do with politics.

The legislative record is not ambiguous. Repeal bills have been filed repeatedly and have not passed. Senate Bill 522 and House Bill 769 both died in committee, and the 2026 legislative session adjourned on March 13 without enacting any repeal. An earlier repeal did clear the Legislature in 2021 and was vetoed. As of today, Personal Injury Protection remains mandatory on most vehicles registered in Florida, alongside property damage liability coverage.

What appears to have driven the confusion is the way the answer was delivered rather than any change in the law. Reporting on the correction noted that an AI-assisted search answer stated flatly that a 2025 law had repealed the statute effective July 1, 2026, blending proposed bills with enacted ones and recycling coverage of the vetoed 2021 attempt. Stale articles and social posts carried it further.

The consequence sits in Florida’s 14-day rule. To access Personal Injury Protection benefits after a crash, an injured person generally must begin initial services within 14 days of the accident. A driver who reads that the benefit no longer exists has little reason to seek an evaluation quickly, and the window can close while they are deciding whether it is worth the trouble. Novaré Injury Care and Rehab describes its process for crash patients at novareinjurycare.com/accident-care.

“The people this hurts are the ones who were already unsure whether to get looked at,” said Dr. Ivan Bracic, DC, founder and clinical director of Novaré Injury Care and Rehab. “Somebody gets rear-ended, feels stiff but functional, reads online that their coverage is gone, and decides to wait it out. Two weeks later the window has passed. The law did not change. What changed is what a search result told them.”

The clinic’s position is that the fix is verification rather than alarm. Drivers with a question about their own coverage should confirm it with their insurer or agent, or with the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, rather than relying on a generated summary. Policy declarations pages state the coverage carried, and an agent can confirm what applies in a specific situation.

For patients who do come in after a collision, a chiropractic evaluation in an injury context is largely an assessment and documentation exercise at the outset. Range of motion is measured, the mechanism of the collision is recorded, symptoms are documented against the date of the crash, and imaging is ordered where the examination indicates it. That record is what a claim is eventually evaluated against, and it is difficult to reconstruct months later from memory. The clinic outlines its chiropractic services at novareinjurycare.com/chiropractic.

The broader pattern is worth noting for any driver researching an insurance question online. Legislative proposals in Florida attract heavy coverage while they are pending, and that coverage does not always get updated when a bill dies. A search engine summarizing years of articles can present a proposal as settled law. On a question with a statutory deadline attached, that gap has real cost.

Drivers in Fort Myers, Lehigh Acres, and across Lee County can find clinic information and current hours at novareinjurycare.com.

About Novaré Injury Care and Rehab Novaré Injury Care and Rehab is a medically integrated chiropractic and physical rehab clinic in Fort Myers, FL serving auto accident and personal injury patients. Services include chiropractic adjustments, spinal decompression, shockwave therapy, laser treatment, manual therapy, diagnostic imaging, neuropathy treatment, Emsculpt Neo rehab, Emsella, and functional wellness. Sister brand of Novaré Wellness at the shared Summerlin Rd location. Hours: Mon-Fri 8 AM-6 PM.

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For more information about Novarè Medical Corporation, contact the company here:

Novaré Injury Care and Rehab
Dr. Ivan Bracic
(239) 893-2225
office@mynovare.com
15880 Summerlin Rd #114, Fort Myers, FL 33908