Bills Filed

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SB 0040 /  HB 0163 - Medicaid Providers - Sharief

Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to include specified requirements in its contracts

with Medicaid managed care plans; defining the term “outside of regular business hours”, etc. Effective

Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0072 /  HB 0615 - Individual Education Plans - Harrell

Individual Education Plans; Requiring a school district to complete an evaluation to determine if a

student is eligible for an individualized education plan (IEP) within a specified timeframe; providing that

a parent or guardian has the right to request provider logs or notes within a specified timeframe;

requiring each school district to provide an individualized orientation to each parent or guardian of a

student newly identified to be eligible for exceptional student education services, etc. Effective Date: 7/1

/2026

HB 0109 /  SB 0662 - Corporal Punishment - López

Corporal Punishment: Prohibits school district employees from using corporal punishment on public

school students. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0114 /  HB 0577 - Continuity of Care in Health Insurance Contracts - Jones

Continuity of Care in Health Insurance Contracts; Requiring that contracts between a health insurer and

a contracted health care practitioner require a specified notice; requiring a health insurer and a health

care practitioner to allow certain policyholders to continue coverage and care for a specified timeframe;

requiring that certain health maintenance organization contracts require a specified notice; requiring a

health maintenance organization and a treating provider to allow certain subscribers to continue

coverage and care for a specified timeframe, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

SB 0116 /  HB 1195 - Protection of Specified Persons Against the Fraudulent and Exploitative Conveyance of Property Interests - Jones

Protection of Specified Persons Against the Fraudulent and Exploitative Conveyance of Property

Interests; Revising the list of persons who must report abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable

adults to include the clerk of the court; requiring that any deed or instrument purporting to convey real

property or an interest therein be executed in the presence of a specified number of independent

witnesses; authorizing a specified adult to file with the clerk the contact information of a trusted person;

requiring the clerk to refer an objection to a not-for-profit legal aid organization to investigate whether

the deed or instrument was obtained through fraudulent or exploitative means, etc. Effective Date: 7/1

/2026

SB 0120 - Contract Protection for Elderly Persons and Disabled Adults - García

Contract Protection for Elderly Persons and Disabled Adults; Creating the “Elderly and Disabled Adult

Contract Protection Act”; requiring that all contracts involving an elderly person or a disabled adult be in

that person’s primary language; requiring a contracting party to conduct a comprehensive review of the

contract before an elderly person or disabled adult signs the contract; requiring a contracting party to

record a video that depicts the contracting process and the elderly person or disabled adult signing the

contract, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

SB 0152 /  HB 0517 - Medicaid Provider Networks - Harrell

Medicaid Provider Networks; Requiring Medicaid managed care plans and providers to negotiate

mutually acceptable rates, methods, and terms of payment for purposes of Medicaid reimbursements;

requiring plans to pay dentists at certain rates; specifying additional requirements for the provider

network contracts under the statewide managed care program, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

HB 0163 /  SB 0040 - Access to Medicaid Providers - Robinson, F.

Access to Medicaid Providers: Requires AHCA to include specified requirements in its contracts with

Medicaid managed care plans; defines "outside of regular business hours." Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0186 /  HB 1201 - Student Health and Safety - García

Student Health and Safety; Revising Department of Health responsibilities for educational programs

concerning epilepsy; revising the definition of the term “school”; revising requirements for a student’s

individualized seizure action plan; revising the list of which employees must complete training in the

care of students with epilepsy and seizure disorders, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0206 /  HB 0851 - Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder - Harrell

Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder; Requiring, rather than authorizing, the State Board of

Education to adopt certain rules; requiring that such rules include a requirement related to autism

spectrum disorder for certain K-12 teachers, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

HB 0363 - Dental Therapy - Chaney

Dental Therapy: Authorizes Medicaid to reimburse for dental services provided by certain mobile dental

units; creates Council on Dental Therapy; specifies licensure requirements, services, limitations, &

prohibitions relating to practice of dental therapy; requires DOH, in consultation with Board of Dentistry

& AHCA, to submit reports to Legislature. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0365 /  SB 0418 - Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder - Valdés

Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Requires DHSMV

to establish program to improve communication between individuals with autism spectrum disorder &

law enforcement officers under certain circumstances; requires DHSMV to develop & make available to

such individuals certain envelope by specified date; provides requirements for envelope; authorizes

such individuals to request envelope from DHSMV or tax collector's office, beginning on specified date;

requires Criminal Justice Standards & Training Commission within FDLE to establish employment

training component relating to such individuals; requires that such component be developed jointly by

commission & organization that meets certain requirements; provides requirements for training law

enforcement officers on interacting with such individuals; requires commission to adopt certain rules

requiring such training as part of basic recruit training & as part of required instruction for continued

employment & appointment as law enforcement officers. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0411 /  SB 1652 - Terminology Associated with Autism - Maggard

Terminology Associated with Autism: Revises definition. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0418 /  HB 0365 - Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder - Jones

Law Enforcement Officer Interactions with Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder; Requiring the

Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to establish a program to improve communication

between individuals with autism spectrum disorder and law enforcement officers under certain

circumstances; requiring the department to develop and make available to individuals with autism

spectrum disorder a certain envelope by a specified date; defining the terms “agency” and “autism

spectrum disorder”; requiring the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission within the

Department of Law Enforcement to establish an employment training component relating to individuals

with autism spectrum disorder, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0423 - Student Elopement - Eskamani

Student Elopement: Requires public schools to create School Staff Assistance for Emergencies (SAFE)

Team & school elopement plan; provides requirements for SAFE Teams, elopement plans, & schools.

Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0453 /  SB 0556 - Requirements for Standard High School Diploma - Gossett-Seidman

Requirements for Standard High School Diploma: Provides that students with disabilities may

participate in Special Olympics to meet physical education requirement for standard high school

diploma. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0471 /  SB 0574 - Recruitment and Retention of Speech-language Pathologists - Chambliss

Recruitment and Retention of Speech-language Pathologists: Requires DOE to develop & maintain

statewide strategic plan for recruitment & retention of speech-language pathologists & provision of

quality services; provides requirements for such plan, DOE, school districts, & charter schools. Effective

Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0475 - Medical Placement for High-acuity Children - Salzman

Medical Placement for High-acuity Children: Requires specific needs of high-acuity child to be

considered when determining child's best interest; revises role of & services provided by Child

Protection Teams & multidisciplinary teams; requires multidisciplinary team staffing for placement

decisions of high-acuity child; provides process for if multidisciplinary team cannot reach consensus on

plan for placement of high-acuity child; requires licensed health care professional to perform medical

screening; requires judge to place high-acuity child in medical placement after child is evaluated;

requires court to set emergency evidentiary hearing under certain circumstances; provides for certain

types of medical beds; provides requirements for medical placement; requires certain consent &

authorization be obtained & documented; requires court to conduct periodic reviews during duration of

medical placement; requires high-acuity child's case plan be updated within specified timeframe;

prohibits medical placement from exceeding specified number of days except; provides that high-acuity

child maintains certain rights; requires department to collect certain data; requires department to submit

to Legislature specified annual report; provides that high-acuity child is eligible for Children's Medical

Services program & Children's Medical Services Safety Net program; requires that high-acuity child be

placed in category 1 for priority purposes of Medicaid waiver services. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0487 - Repair of Mobility Devices - Eskamani

Repair of Mobility Devices: Requires original equipment manufacturers to make available

documentation, embedded software, firmware, parts, & tools required to service mobility devices & parts

of such devices; requires original equipment manufacturers of mobility devices with electronic security

locks to make available any special documentation, embedded software, firmware, parts, & tools

required to access & reset locks when disabled in course of service; provides that original equipment

manufacturers are not required to divulge trade secrets; limits liability of original equipment

manufacturers & authorized repair providers. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0494 - Student Elopement - Arrington

Student Elopement; Requiring public schools to create a School Staff Assistance for Emergencies

(SAFE) Team and a school elopement plan; providing requirements for the plan; providing for

membership and responsibilities of the SAFE Team; requiring the SAFE Team to create studentspecific

elopement quick reference guides for certain students, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0507 - Special Protections in Judicial Proceedings - Baker

Special Protections in Judicial Proceedings: Requires pro se defendant to question certain victims &

witnesses through standby counsel at any trial, hearing, or deposition. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0517 /  SB 0152 - Medicaid Provider Networks - Tramont

Medicaid Provider Networks: Requires Medicaid managed care plans & providers to negotiate mutually

acceptable rates, methods, & terms of payment for purposes of Medicaid reimbursements; requires

plans to pay dentists at certain rates; specifies additional requirements for provider network contracts

under statewide managed care program. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0531 /  SB 0568 - Managed Care Plans - Barnaby

Managed Care Plans: Revises Medicaid managed care contract requirements to prohibit managed care

plans from reviewing certain prior authorization claims for medical necessity; requires that managed

care plans provide coverage for durable medical equipment & complex rehabilitation technology from

qualified provider, from within provider network, of enrollee's choosing; requires AHCA to adopt certain

rules. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0533 /  SB 0562 - Communication Rights of Individuals with Disabilities - Woodson

Communication Rights of Individuals with Disabilities: Provides that individuals with disability have right

to communicate in their preferred manner; prohibits state agencies, schools, & health care providers

from restricting or denying such individuals access to their preferred alternative communication method;

specifies alternative communication methods recognized under act; specifies rights that individuals with

disabilities have with respect to their communication needs; requires APD to adopt rules & develop

certain training; provides requirements for training; establishes Communication Rights Advisory Board

within agency for specified purpose; provides for membership & duties of board; provides for future

repeal of board; requires agency to adopt procedures for reporting violations of specified provisions;

provides for administrative penalties. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0555 /  SB 0580 - Local Licensing of Home Caregivers - Skidmore

Local Licensing of Home Caregivers: Authorizes counties & municipalities to license home caregivers

within their jurisdictions. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0556 /  HB 0453 - Requirements for a Standard High School Diploma - Berman

Requirements for a Standard High School Diploma; Providing that students with disabilities may

participate in the Special Olympics to meet the physical education requirement for a standard high

school diploma, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0562 /  HB 0533 - Communication Rights of Individuals with Disabilities - García

Communication Rights of Individuals with Disabilities; Providing that individuals with a disability have the

right to communicate in their preferred manner; prohibiting state agencies, schools, and health care

providers from restricting or denying such individuals access to their preferred alternative

communication method; specifying rights that individuals with disabilities have with respect to their

communication needs; establishing the Communication Rights Advisory Board within the Agency for

Persons with Disabilities for a specified purpose, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

HB 0565 /  SB 0794 - Agency for Persons with Disabilities - Tant

Agency for Persons with Disabilities: Requires level 2 employment screening for all employees of

residential facilities & adult day training programs; provides background screening requirements for

such employees; removes provision requiring organization to implement certain mentoring program to

be qualified; revises administrative fine requirements, Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0568 /  HB 0531 - Managed Care Plans - Harrell

Managed Care Plans; Revising Medicaid managed care contract requirements to prohibit managed care

plans from reviewing certain prior authorization claims for medical necessity; requiring that managed

care plans provide coverage for durable medical equipment and complex rehabilitation technology from

a qualified provider, from within the provider network, of the enrollee’s choosing, etc. Effective Date:

July 1, 2026

HB 0569 - Forensic Client Services - Chaney

Forensic Client Services: Revises definition of "forensic client" to include person committed to

involuntary residential services in a secure facility of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities,

republishing s. 916.303, F.S., relating to determination of incompetency. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0574 /  HB 0471 - Recruitment and Retention of Speech-language Pathologists - Jones

Recruitment and Retention of Speech-language Pathologists; Requiring the Department of Education to

develop and maintain a statewide strategic plan for the recruitment and retention of speech-language

pathologists and the provision of quality services; providing school district and charter school

requirements relating to submitting specified data for the plan, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0577 - Continuity of Care in Health Insurance Contracts - Woodson

Continuity of Care in Health Insurance Contracts: Requires that contracts between individual health

insurer, group, blanket, or franchise health insurer & HMO & contracted health care practitioner require

specified notice to affected policyholders & subscribers before cancellation or termination of contracts;

provides administrative penalties; requires health insurer, HMO & health care practitioner to allow

certain policyholders & subscribers to continue coverage & care for specified timeframe; requires

insurer & health care practitioner to be bound by terminated contract. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0579 /  SB 0690 - Family Empowerment Scholarship Program - Bartleman

Family Empowerment Scholarship Program: Requires private schools participating in FES Program to

provide specified information in writing to certain parents before their student's initial enrollment in

school; & provides private school requirements relating to certain services. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0580 /  HB 0555 - Local Licensing of Home Caregivers - Harrell

Local Licensing of Home Caregivers; Authorizing counties and municipalities to license home

caregivers within their jurisdictions, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

SB 0586 - Repair of Mobility Devices - Smith

Repair of Mobility Devices; Creating the “Right to Repair Act for Mobility Devices”; requiring original

equipment manufacturers to make available documentation, parts, and tools required for the diagnosis,

maintenance, or repair of mobility devices and parts for such devices; requiring original equipment

manufacturers of mobility devices with electronic security locks to make available any special

documentation, parts, and tools required to access and reset the locks when disabled in the course of

diagnosis, maintenance, or repair; providing that violation of the act is an unlawful practice under the

Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

HB 0615 /  SB 0072 - Individual Education Plans - Tendrich

Individual Education Plans: Provides school district requirements relating to determination & IEP

meetings; requires school district to take specified actions if related service identified in student's IEP is

not provided; provides that parent or guardian has right to request provider logs or notes within

specified timeframe; requires school district to inform parents of such right; requires each school district

to provide individualized orientation to each parent or guardian of student newly identified to be eligible

for exceptional student education services; provides requirements for orientation; requires school district

to obtain signed acknowledgement from each parent or guardian; requires that annual refresher

orientations be offered & documented; & requires that certain information be retained in student's

education records. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0648 - Medicaid Reimbursement for Private Duty Nursing Services - Bradley

Medicaid Reimbursement for Private Duty Nursing Services; Defining the term “pediatric continuing care

integrated community” for purposes of the state Medicaid program; requiring Medicaid managed care

plans to reimburse licensed home health agencies for private duty nursing services provided in a

community residential group home at a certain rate; requiring Medicaid managed care plans to

negotiate rates with affiliated businesses at least annually, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise

provided in this act, this act shall take effect upon becoming a law

HB 0651 - Electronic Monitoring Devices in Long-term Care Facilities - Plasencia

Electronic Monitoring Devices in Long-term Care Facilities: Defines "electronic monitoring device" &

"representative"; authorizes resident, or his or her representative, of nursing home facility or assisted

living facility, respectively, to install & use electronic monitoring device in resident's room if specified

conditions are met; provides for consent of resident living in shared room with resident who intends to

install device; authorizes other resident or his or her representative to impose conditions on consent;

provides for withdrawal of consent & modification of conditions; requires AHCA to adopt forms by rule;

prohibits facilities from denying admission or otherwise discriminating against resident for installing

electronic monitoring device; provides administrative penalty; provides criminal penalty for unlawfully

obstructing, tampering with, or destroying electronic monitoring device or recording made by such

device; specifies who may view or listen to images broadcast or recorded by electronic monitoring

device. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0662 /  HB 0109 - Corporal Punishment - Bernard

Corporal Punishment; Prohibiting school district employees from using corporal punishment on public

school students, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0690 /  HB 0579 - Family Empowerment Scholarship Program - Jones

Family Empowerment Scholarship Program; Requiring a private school participating in the Family

Empowerment Scholarship Program to provide specified information in writing to certain parents before

a student’s initial enrollment in the school, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

HB 0693 - Health and Human Services - Redondo

Health and Human Services: Revises health care provisions relating to emergency medical technicians

& paramedics; enacts Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact; repeals

provisions relating to Health Facility & Services Development Act; revises provisions relating to

certificates-of-need, the Kidcare program, & Medicaid; requires DCF to develop & implement a food

assistance payment accuracy improvement plan; revises significant investigation information DOH is

required to report relating to certain physician assistants, emergency medical technicians, &

paramedics; enacts Physician Assistant Licensure Compact; revises practice requirements for

autonomous advanced practice registered nurse; revises remediable & delegable duties of dentist;

requires certain health insurers to apply payments for services provided by nonpreferred providers

toward insureds' deductibles & out-of-pocket maximums. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0695 - Pub. Rec./Health Care - Redondo

Pub. Rec./Health Care: Provides exemptions from public meetings requirements for certain portions of

meetings of Interstate Commission for EMS Personnel Practice & Physician Assistant Licensure

Compact Commission; respectively; provides exemption from public records requirements for

recordings, minutes, & records generated during exempt portions of such meetings; provides for future

legislative review & repeal of exemptions; provides statement of public necessity.

HB 0697 - Drug Prices and Coverage - Kincart Jonsson

Drug Prices and Coverage: Requires prescription drug manufacturer permitholders to annually report to

AHCA international drug price data; requires agency to contract with entity to designate reference price

source countries & analyze certain data; requires agency to publish annually prescription drug &

product reference prices; requires pharmacies to charge cash-paying customers up to reference prices

for prescribed drugs & products; requires contracts between pharmacy benefit managers & pharmacy

benefits plans & programs to prohibit PBMs from offering & implementing certain formularies; requires

health insurers, Medicaid managed care plans, state group insurance programs & HMOs to provide

reimbursement for covered prescription drugs & products up to reference prices; requires savings from

such reimbursement limits to be used for certain purposes; limits changes that health insurance policies

& health maintenance contracts can make relating to prescription drug formularies. Effective Date: July

1, 2026

HB 0717 - Autism Spectrum Disorder - Maggard

Autism Spectrum Disorder: Revises definition of term "autism"; requires, rather than authorizing, State

Board of Education to adopt certain rules; requires that such rules include requirement related to autism

spectrum disorder for certain K-12 teachers. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0733 /  SB 0902 - Department of Health - Gerwig

Department of Health: Revises eligibility requirements for dental student loan repayment program;

revises renewal period for certification of specified course; renaming compassionate use registry as

medical marijuana registry; prohibits medical marijuana treatment center from being located within

certain distance of specified areas; revises DOH duties relating to Early Steps Program & Early Steps

Extended Option; revises eligibility requirements for developmental evaluation & early intervention

services; revises transition to education requirements for children with disabilities; provides that

committing criminal offense relating to murder is cause for immediate suspension of health care

practitioner's license; revises eligible individuals for University of Florida Center for Autism &

Neurodevelopment's autism micro-credential. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0737 /  SB 0960 - Persons Disqualified from Being Appointed as a Guardian - Botana

Persons Disqualified from Being Appointed as a Guardian: Authorizes court to appoint person who has

been convicted of felony to be guardian of ward or proposed ward. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0778 - Forensic Services for Certain Defendants - Simon

Forensic Services for Certain Defendants; Revising the definition of the term “forensic client” or “client”,

etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0788 - Health Care - Harrell

Health Care; Authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to authorize certain agencies and

organizations to access, use, and run reports in a specified database for certain purposes; authorizing

assisted living facilities to retain certain licenses under certain circumstances; requiring referral

agencies for assisted living facilities to disclose specified information to a consumer; providing

requirements for contracts entered into between a referral agency and an assisted living facility; creating

the Assisted Living Task Force adjunct to the agency for specified purposes, etc. Effective Date: July 1,

2026

SB 0794 /  HB 0565 - Agency for Persons with Disabilities - Jones

Agency for Persons with Disabilities; Requiring level 2 employment screening for all employees of

residential facilities and adult day training programs; deleting a provision requiring an organization to

implement a certain mentoring program to be qualified for purposes of providing support coordination

services to iBudget clients, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0851 /  SB 0206 - Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder - Long

Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Requires, rather than authorizes, SBE to adopt certain rules;

requires that such rules include requirement related to autism spectrum disorder endorsements for

certain K-12 teachers. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0859 - Exceptional Students and Video Cameras in Public Schools - Chambliss

Exceptional Students and Video Cameras in Public Schools: Removes references to Video Cameras in

Public School Classrooms Pilot Program; requires district school board to establish specified policy

relating to video cameras in self-contained classrooms; prohibits concealment of certain employee

identities in video recording; & provides that video recording made available after request must include

accompanying audio. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0902 /  HB 0733 - Department of Health  - García

Department of Health; Defining the term “low-income”; deleting the definition of the term “medically

underserved area”; revising requirements for department approval of qualified physicians and medical

directors of medical marijuana treatment centers; prohibiting medical marijuana treatment center

cultivating, processing, or dispensing facilities from being located within a specified distance of parks,

child care facilities, or facilities providing early learning services; revising duties of the department in

administering the Early Steps Program, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

HB 0915 - Medical Assistance Eligibility for Working Persons with Disabilities - Tant

Medical Assistance Eligibility for Working Persons with Disabilities: Creates Working People with

Disabilities program within AHCA; provides eligibility requirements; provides income & assest

requirements for eligibility in program; requires agency to develop application process & provide written

notice to eligible adults within specified timeframe; provides requirements for such notice. Effective

Date: upon becoming a law

HB 0935 - Community Health Worker Services - Skidmore

Community Health Worker Services: Authorizes AHCA to pay for community health worker services as

optional Medicaid service; specifies coverage requirements; defines "community health worker";

requires agency to adopt rules; authorizes agency to seek federal approval; adds community health

worker services to list of Medicaid services authorized for reimbursement on fee-for-service basis; adds

community health worker services to list of minimum benefits required to be covered by Medicaid

managed care plans. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 0960 /  HB 0737 - Persons Disqualified from Being Appointed as a Guardian  - Bradley

Persons Disqualified from Being Appointed as a Guardian; Authorizing a court to appoint a person who

has been convicted of a felony to be a guardian of a ward or proposed ward under certain

circumstances, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 0969 /  SB 1046 - Detection of Developmental Delays and Autism Spectrum Disorder - Tant

Detection of Developmental Delays and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Requires DOH, in collaboration with

school districts throughout this state, to develop informational materials for detection of developmental

delays & autism spectrum disorder for parents & guardians of certain students; provides requirements

for such informational materials; requires early learning coalitions to notify parents & guardians of

availability of such informational materials. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 1005 - Determination of Mental Conditions in Judicial Proceedings - Cobb

Determination of Mental Conditions in Judicial Proceedings: Provides for petitions for involuntary

admission to residential services of persons with neurocognitive disorders; provides that forensic clients

with neurocognitive disorder have certain rights; authorizes appointment of certain clinical social

workers or mental health counselors as experts to evaluate defendants for mental competence to

proceed; limits such appointment to evaluations of mental competence to proceed; defines

"neurocognitive disorder"; provides for appointment of experts to evaluate mental condition of

defendants whose suspected mental condition is neurocognitive disorder; provides for determination of

whether defendant whose suspected mental condition is neurocognitive disorder is mentally competent

to proceed; provides for training of such defendant in certain circumstances; provides for involuntary

commitment of certain defendants determined to be incompetent to proceed due to neurocognitive

disorder; provides for retention of jurisdiction over certain defendants found incompetent to proceed &

ordered into forensic facility for defendants who have intellectual disabilities, autism, or neurocognitive

disorders; provides for dismissal of charges without prejudice when defendant is found incompetent to

proceed due to neurocognitive disorder; provides for conditional release, in certain circumstances, of

defendant who is incompetent to proceed due to neurocognitive disorder; requires certain juvenile

delinquency procedures for children who are incompetent to proceed because of neurocognitive

disorder. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 1013 - Home Health Services - Franklin II

Home Health Services: Requires each nurse registry to provide specified disclosure to clients at certain

times; authorizes AHCA to adopt rules; prohibits nurse registry from using certain terms; provides

requirements for marketing & advertising of nurse registry; requires each nurse registry to file current

fee schedule with agency & provide schedule to patients before initiating services; provides

requirements for fee schedule; authorizes agency to impose administrative sanctions; provides that

registered homemakers & companion service providers are subject to initial & periodic inspections by

AHCA for certain purposes; provides requirements for such inspections; provides requirements for

marketing & advertising of homemakers & companion service providers ; requires companion &

homemaker service providers to use specified phrase & certain disclaimer in specified materials &

display its state registration number in all marketing & advertising; requires companion service providers

to maintain certain records for each client & report to agency any adverse incidents or complaints;

requires agency to establish procedures for investigating complaints; authorizes agency to conduct

unannounced visits & impose certain fines under certain circumstances; removes nurse registries from

definition of term "low-risk provider"; prohibits nurse registries from receiving commission or fee.

Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 1016 - Medical Assistance Eligibility for Working Persons with Disabilities - Bradley

Medical Assistance Eligibility for Working Persons with Disabilities; Creating the Working People with

Disabilities program within the Agency for Health Care Administration; specifying income and asset

requirements for eligibility in the program; requiring the Department of Children and Families to provide

a written notice of specified information to eligible adults upon their initial enrollment in certain Medicaid

waiver programs, and at least annually thereafter; requiring the department to provide the initial written

notice to currently eligible enrollees within a specified timeframe, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a

law

SB 1026 - Community Health Worker Services - Rodriguez

Community Health Worker Services; Authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to pay for

specified community health worker services as an optional Medicaid service, subject to certain coverage

requirements; defining the term “community health worker”; adding community health worker services to

the list of Medicaid services authorized for reimbursement on a fee-for-service basis, etc. Effective

Date: 7/1/2026

HB 1033 - Procedures for Discharging Persons to Avoid Homelessness - Rosenwald

Procedures for Discharging Persons to Avoid Homelessness: Encourages certain facilities & institutions,

in collaboration with Continuum of Care lead agency, to develop & implement certain procedures for

when persons are discharged from certain facilities or institutions; requires DCF to conduct pilot

program in specified counties; requires DCF to submit certain reports to Governor & Legislature; revises

certain procedures; defines "client level data"; requires sharing of client level data to comply with

specified state & federal laws & regulations; requires Continuum of Care lead agency to evaluate

certain procedures & identify gaps & opportunities for improvement in its annual Continuum of Care

plan; authorizes State Office on Homelessness, in conjunction with Council on Homelessness, to

provide guidance to Continuum of Care lead agency for specified purpose. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 1046 /  HB 0969 - Detection of Developmental Delays and Autism Spectrum Disorder  - Calatayud

Detection of Developmental Delays and Autism Spectrum Disorder; Requiring the Department of

Health, in collaboration with school districts throughout this state, to develop informational materials for

the detection of developmental delays and autism spectrum disorder for parents and guardians of

certain students; requiring early learning coalitions to notify parents and guardians of the availability of

such informational materials, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

SB 1052 - Education - Grall

Education; Requiring each Florida College System institution and state university to waive tuition and

fees for members of the Florida State Guard if certain conditions are met; prohibiting a Florida College

System institution or state university from admitting a student who is not a citizen of the United States or

lawfully present therein; revising eligibility requirements for the Graduation Alternative to Traditional

Education (GATE) Program; prohibiting a Florida College System institution or state university from

imposing certain graduation requirements; revising conditions for a student to meet the definition of

homeless children and youths for purposes of tuition and fee exemptions, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

HB 1057 - Assisted Living Facilities - Fabricio

Assisted Living Facilities: Authorizes assisted living facilities to retain certain licenses; extends period of

time that facility file preliminary adverse incident report; authorizes specified tasks relating to assistance

with self-administration of medication; revises specified information that each assisted living facility must

provide to agency. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 1068 - Home Health Services - Calatayud

Home Health Services; Requiring nurse registries to provide a written disclosure to clients at intake and

annually thereafter; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to adopt rules; prohibiting nurse

registries from using specified terms in their business names, advertising, websites, and promotional

materials; providing that registered homemakers and companions are subject to initial and periodic

inspections by the agency; revising the definition of the term “low-risk provider” to exclude nurse

registries, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 1069 / SB 1168 - Background Screenings - Trabulsy

Background Screenings: Specifies additional disqualifying offenses under background screening

requirements for certain persons; requires AHCA, beginning on specified date or as soon as practicable

thereafter, to review & determine eligibility for all criminal history checks submitted to Care Provider

Background Screening Clearinghouse by specified agencies; requires clearinghouse to share eligibility

determinations with specified agencies; requires specified agencies & qualified entities to process

exemptions from disqualification pursuant to specified provision; making technical change; provides

that, beginning on specified date, independent sanctioning authority is considered qualified entity for

purpose of participating in clearinghouse; prohibits independent sanctioning authority from allowing

certain persons to act as athletic coaches beginning on specified date; authorizes person who has not

undergone certain background screening to act as athletic coach if he or she is under direct supervision

of athletic coach who meets certain background screening requirements. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 1088 - Guardianship - Jones

Guardianship; Prohibiting a guardian from restricting the ability of an adult ward to maintain contact with

a person except under certain circumstances; requiring a guardian to provide a ward with notice of a

change in residential setting under certain circumstances; requiring that an initial guardianship plan

identify the persons entitled to certain information, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 1091 / SB 1136 - Dental Screenings For K-12 Students - Skidmore

Dental Screenings For K-12 Students: Authorizes specified dental screenings to be performed on K-12

students after written parental notification of such services is provided & student's parents are given

specified opportunities. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 1097 - Health Insurer Accountability - Berfield

Health Insurer Accountability: Requires health plan to participate in filed claim dispute; provides

penalties for failure to respond to claim; requires AHCA to notify certain entity within specified timeframe

when health plan fails to pay provider; requires health plan to pay provider within specified timeframe

after agency's order; provides credentialing requirements for managed care plan; requires each

managed care plan to identify to agency & OIR any ownership interest of affiliation of any kind with

certain entities; provides requirements for identification of such information; removes provision requiring

results of certain audit reports to be dispositive; requires managed care contracts to include provider

notifications regarding certain denials of coverage; prohibits insurer from denying certain claims;

provides notification requirements & penalties. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 1099 - Guardianship - Aristide

Guardianship: Requires that order appointing guardian identify persons entitled to certain information

upon incapacitated person's death; authorizes that order appointing guardian identify persons entitled to

notice if incapacitated person is transferred to medical facility & persons entitled to visit incapacitated

person; authorizes guardian to restrict ability of minor ward to maintain certain contacts in certain

circumstances; authorizes guardian to restrict ability of adult ward to maintain contact with person in

certain circumstances; requires guardian to provide ward with notice of change in residential setting in

certain circumstances; requires guardian to provide notice to any person identified in order of

appointment. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 1110 - Coverage for Orthotics and Prosthetics Services - Truenow

Coverage for Orthotics and Prosthetics Services; Authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration

to authorize and pay for specified orthotics and prosthetics services for Medicaid recipients; requiring

individual health insurance policies; group, blanket, and franchise health insurance policies; and health

maintenance contracts, respectively, to provide coverage for specified orthotics and prosthetics

services; prohibiting health insurers and health maintenance organizations from denying claims under

certain circumstances, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

SB 1116 / HB 1535 - Crimes Evidencing Prejudice - Rodriguez

Crimes Evidencing Prejudice; Requiring the reclassification of the penalty for a crime if the commission

of the crime evidences prejudice based on the victim being a disabled adult; defining the term “disabled

adult”, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

Committees of Reference

HB 1117 / SB 1388 - Offenses Evidencing Prejudice - Rosenwald

Offenses Evidencing Prejudice: Expands grounds for reclassification of offenses to include acts based

on gender or gender identity of any person; specifies that reclassification must occur if offense was

based in whole or in part on specified characteristics of any person; provides that it is essential element

of certain offense that defendant perceived, knew, or had reasonable grounds to know or perceive that

person was included in certain class of person; specifies that reclassification of certain offense must

occur if offense was based in whole or in part on disability of any person; reclassifies certain offenses

committed against person with disability; expands data Governor is required to collect & disseminate to

include specified incidents. Effective Date: October 1, 2026

HB 1121 - Aging and Disability Services - Rizo

Aging and Disability Services: Revises requirements for Medicaid recipients to receive offer for

enrollment for long-term care services; requires DOEA to maintain statewide pre-enrollment list for

certain services; requires aging & disability resource center personnel to place individuals on certain

lists; requires certain staff to administer rescreening under certain circumstances; revises purposes of

DOEA to include providing direct services to elderly population; defines "functionally impaired elderly

person"; revises certain subsidy payments to include food & nutritional supplements; provides purpose

& legislative intent for Florida Alzheimer's Center of Excellence; provides powers & duties of center;

provides eligibility requirements for services; provides requirements for Office of Public & Professional

Guardians in conducting certain investigations; requires court to enter written order with specified

information when waiving certain bond; revises powers & duties of guardian; authorizes clerk of court to

disclose certain confidential information to DOEA; revises requirements for sale of any real or personal

property by guardian. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 1132 - Procedures for Discharging Persons to Avoid Homelessness - Rouson

Procedures for Discharging Persons to Avoid Homelessness; Citing this act as the “Bridging Systems to

Housing Act”; encouraging certain facilities and institutions, in collaboration with a continuum of care

lead agency, to develop and implement certain procedures for when persons are discharged from

certain facilities or institutions; requiring the Department of Children and Families to conduct a pilot

program in specified counties; defining the term “client-level data”; requiring the sharing of client-level

data to comply with specified state and federal laws and regulations, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 1133 - Pediatric Behavioral and Mental Health Screenings - Tendrich

Pediatric Behavioral and Mental Health Screenings: Requires agency to adopt rules establishing certain

practice parameters & protocols for provision of early periodic screening, diagnostic, & treatment

services for certain persons; requires DOH to provide parent or legal guardian information on sleep,

screen time, & nutrition & make such information available for download; requires agency, by specified

date, to adopt measures relating to early periodic screening, diagnostic, & treatment services & collect

& report performance measures & outcome data to Governor & Legislature. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 1136 / HB 1091 - Dental Screenings for K-12 Students - Calatayud

Dental Screenings for K-12 Students; Authorizing specified dental screenings to be performed on K-12

students after written parental notification of such services is provided and the student’s parents are

given specified opportunities, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

SB 1158 - Drug Prices and Coverage - Grall

Drug Prices and Coverage; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to contract with an

entity to designate reference price source countries and analyze certain data; requiring the agency to

publish annually prescription drug reference prices; prohibiting pharmacies from charging cash-paying

customers more than the reference prices for prescribed drugs and biological products; requiring

prescription drug manufacturer permitholders to annually report to the agency international drug price

data beginning on a specified date; requiring certain health insurers to limit covered prescription drug

reimbursement to reference prices, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

SB 1168 / HB 1069 - Background Screenings - Grall

Background Screenings; Specifying additional disqualifying offenses under the background screening

requirements for certain persons; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, beginning on a

specified date or as soon as practicable thereafter, to review and determine eligibility for all criminal

history checks submitted to the Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse by specified

agencies; providing that, beginning on a specified date, an independent sanctioning authority is

considered a qualified entity for the purpose of participating in the clearinghouse; requiring qualified

entities conducting background criminal history checks to designate a user administrator for a specified

purpose, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

SB 1170 - Education - Calatayud

Education; Requiring the Office of Reimagining Education and Career Help to provide specified

information to individuals; deleting references to the Video Cameras in Public School Classrooms Pilot

Program; requiring a district school board to vote to establish a policy to provide video cameras in self-contained classrooms upon the request of a parent; prohibiting a school or school district from

concealing the identity of an employee in a video recording, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

HB 1193 / SB 1238 - Residential Living Arrangements - Long

Residential Living Arrangements: Provides purpose & duties of community residence; requires that

community residence be licensed or certified, or operate pursuant to charter from entity recognized or

sanctioned by Congress; authorizes local government to revoke or nullify siting approval of community

residence; provides spacing distance requirements for siting of community residence; requires local

government to authorize reasonable accommodation for certain proposed community residences if

specified requirements are met; requires sponsoring entity to notify designated local government official

or other applicable entity within specified timeframe that its license or certification has been revoked or

denied; authorizes local government to require sponsoring entity of recovery community to immediately

cease operations if continued operation poses immediate & significant threat to health & safety of

residents or community; requires local government to respond in writing within specified timeframe to

requests regarding whether proposed community residence or recovery residence is within certain

spacing distance from certain other residences. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 1195 - Protection of Specified Persons Against the Fraudulent and Exploitative Conveyance of Property Interests - Gantt

Protection of Specified Persons Against the Fraudulent and Exploitative Conveyance of Property

Interests: Revises persons who must report abuse, neglect, or exploitation of vulnerable adults to

include clerk of court; requires quitclaim deed be executed in presence of specified number of

subscribing witnesses; prohibits recording of such deeds until after specified cooling-off period;

authorizes specified adult to designate certain person through filing of power of attorney; requires clerk

to contact such person before cooling-off period elapses; authorizes person designated in power of

attorney to object in writing to quitclaim deed being recorded; requires clerk to notify persons of right to

file rescission; requires clerk to enroll specified adult in statewide Property Alert Service; requires clerk

to conduct preliminary investigation; requires clerk to refer objection to not-for-profit legal aid

organization for further investigation; authorizes not-for-profit legal aid organization to request additional

time to investigate; requires clerk to record quitclaim deed if no fraud or exploitation of specified adult is

suspected; requires clerk or not-for-profit legal aid organization that suspects quitclaim deed was

obtained through fraudulent or exploitative means to refer matter to state attorney for further

investigation & prosecution; requires clerks to provide certain materials written in plain language.

Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 1201 / SB 0186 - Student Health and Safety - Mooney, Jr.

Student Health and Safety: Revises DOH responsibilities for educational programs concerning epilepsy;

revises requirements for student's individualized seizure action plan; revises list of which employees

must complete training in care of students with epilepsy & seizure disorders; & provides that training is

valid for 5 years. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 1229 - Residential Homes for Medically or Technologically Dependent Children - Oliver

Residential Homes for Medically or Technologically Dependent Children: Provides licensure &

application requirements; requires AHCA to require certain background screening for certain persons;

requires access to medically complex children's home at reasonable times for certain persons; requires

agency to issue provisional license to newly licensed provider for specified timeframe; authorizes

agency to issue conditional license for specified timeframe to licensed provider for specified reasons;

requires agency to conduct inspections; provides rulemaking authority, procedures, & requirements;

provides eligibility requirements to qualify for admission to medically complex children's home; provides

uniform firesafety standards, emergency preparedness requirements, & construction standards;

provides for denial, suspension, & revocation of license; provides for administrative fines; requires

AHCA, by specified date, to review & determine eligibility for specified criminal history checks; requires

Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse to share eligibility determinations with specified

agencies. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 1238 / HB 1193 - Residential Living Arrangements - Harrell

Residential Living Arrangements; Providing that a community residence is a residential use of property;

providing that a family community residence or transitional community residence constitutes a

residential use allowed in specified zoning districts if certain requirements are met; providing that a

proposed community residence may receive a reasonable accommodation if the sponsoring entity

demonstrates that specified requirements are met; requiring that a recovery community be licensed or

certified by a licensing or certifying entity, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 1261 - Medicaid Reimbursement for Private Duty Nursing Services - Oliver

Medicaid Reimbursement for Private Duty Nursing Services: Defines "pediatric continuing care

integrated community" for purposes of state Medicaid program; defines "geographic area" & "prevailing

hourly rate"; requires Medicaid managed care plans to reimburse licensed home health agencies for

private duty nursing services provided in community residential group home at certain rate; prohibits

Medicaid managed care plans from reducing reimbursement for such services; requires Medicaid

managed care plans to negotiate rates with affiliated businesses at least annually & upon request by

provider, to provide certain written certification; requires AHCA to seek federal approval within specified

timeframe; requires agency to implement changes made by act upon federal approval. Effective Date:

effect upon becoming a law

HB 1279 - Education - Kincart Jonsson

Education: Revises provisions relating to vocational rehabilitation services, dual enrollment, FCS

institutions, state universities, & career centers. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 1295 - Memory Care - Greco

Memory Care: Requires memory care providers to follow specified standards of operation in providing

memory care services; provides requirements for resident contracts; provides requirements for memory

care facilities; prohibits certain facilities from advertising, representing, or holding themselves out as

memory care providers unless such facilities meet specified criteria; removes provisions relating to

special care for persons with Alzheimer's disease, dementia, or other memory disorders; provides

purpose & legislative intent for Florida Alzheimer's Center of Excellence; provides duties of center;

provides eligibility requirements for services. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 1301 - Coverage for Orthotics and Prosthetics Services - Robinson, F.

Coverage for Orthotics and Prosthetics Services: Authorizes AHCA to authorize & pay for specified

orthotics & prosthetics services for Medicaid recipients; requires agency to seek federal approval &

amend contracts as necessary to implement act; requires individual health insurance policies; group,

blanket, & franchise health insurance policies; & health maintenance contracts, respectively, to provide

coverage for specified orthotics & prosthetics services; prohibits health insurers & health maintenance

organizations from denying claims; requires health insurers & health maintenance organizations to

submit annual reports of specified information to OIR. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 1302 - Pediatric Behavioral and Mental Health Screenings - Rouson

Pediatric Behavioral and Mental Health Screenings; Requiring the Agency for Health Care

Administration to adopt rules establishing certain practice parameters and protocols for early periodic

screening, diagnostic, and treatment services for pediatric behavioral and mental health screenings;

requiring health care providers to provide a parent or legal guardian information on sleep, screen time,

and nutrition; requiring the Department of Health to develop and make such information available for

download by health care providers, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

SB 1330 - Disability Awareness and Inclusion Education - Rodriguez

Disability Awareness and Inclusion Education; Citing this act as the “Disability Awareness and Inclusion

Education Act”; authorizing the Department of Education to create the Disability Awareness and

Inclusion Education Program; authorizing the department, in consultation with certain advocates,

educators, and experts, to develop and make available disability awareness instruction; authorizing the

department to award grants, subject to legislative appropriation, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

SB 1388 / HB 1117 - Offenses Evidencing Prejudice - Smith

Offenses Evidencing Prejudice; Expanding grounds for the reclassification of offenses to include acts

based on the gender or gender identity of any person; requiring that the reclassification occur if the

offense was based in whole or in part on specified characteristics of any person; replacing the term

“mental or physical disability” with the term “disability” and revising the definition; requiring that the

reclassification of a certain offense occur if the offense was based in whole or in part on a disability of

any person, etc. Effective Date: October 1, 2026

SB 1404 - Memory Care - Burton

Memory Care; Defining the term “memory care services”; requiring facilities claiming to provide memory

care services to meet specified standards of operation in providing such services; repealing a provision

relating to special care for persons with Alzheimer’s disease or other related disorders; providing the

purpose of the Florida Alzheimer’s Center of Excellence; defining terms; creating the center within the

Department of Elderly Affairs, etc. Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act,

this act shall take effect July 1, 2026

HB 1405 / SB 1570 - Statewide Project for Missing Persons with Special Needs - Duggan

Statewide Project for Missing Persons with Special Needs: Revives, readopts, & amends provisions

relating to missing persons with special needs statewide project; provides that project is created through

centers for autism & related disabilities; provides that participants for project shall be selected based on

certain criteria; provides appropriations. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 1408 - Medical Coverage Assistance Program for Working Individuals with Disabilities - Smith

Medical Coverage Assistance Program for Working Individuals with Disabilities; Citing this act as the

"Economic Self-Sufficiency for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act"; contingent upon federal

approval, requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to implement and administer a Medicaid

buy-in program for specified individuals with disabilities under certain circumstances; requiring the

agency to determine the income eligibility level for the program; specifying requirements for the

program; requiring the agency to seek federal approval through a Medicaid waiver or state plan

amendment by a specified date, etc. Effective Date: Upon becoming a law

HB 1433 - Medical Coverage Assistance Program for Working Individuals with Disabilities - Harris

Medical Coverage Assistance Program for Working Individuals with Disabilities: Requires AHCA to

implement & administer Medicaid buy-in program for specified working individuals with disabilities;

provides requirements for program; requires agency to seek by specified date federal approval through

Medicaid waiver or state plan amendment to implement program; requires agency to implement &

administer program upon receiving federal approval. Effective Date: upon becoming a law

SB 1438 - Agency for Health Care Administration - Harrell

Agency for Health Care Administration; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to require

certain background screening for certain persons; providing eligibility requirements for admission to a

medically complex children’s home; providing for the denial, suspension, and revocation of a license;

requiring the agency, by a specified date, to review and determine eligibility for specified criminal history

checks, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

HB 1453 - State Medicaid Program - Snyder

State Medicaid Program: Authorizes AHCA to conduct retrospective reviews & audits of certain claims

under state Medicaid program for specified purpose; requires agency, in coordination with DCF, to

implement mandatory work & community engagement requirements for able-bodied adults as condition

of obtaining & maintaining Medicaid coverage; specifies types of activities which may satisfy work &

community engagement requirements; provides that certain population is required to engage in work or

community engagement activities only during standard school hours; requires persons eligible for

Medicaid to demonstrate compliance with work & community engagement requirements at specified

times as condition of maintaining Medicaid coverage; revises components of Medicaid prescribed-drug

spending-control program to include preferred physician-administered drug list, preferred product list, &

high-cost drug list; provides that determinations of overpayment under Medicaid program may be based

upon retrospective reviews, investigations, analyses, or audits conducted by agency to determine

possible fraud, abuse, overpayment, or recipient neglect; requires agency to implement Integrated

Managed Care Pilot Program in designated regions by specified date. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 1459 - Serving as Personal Representative After a Felony Conviction - Gantt

Serving as Personal Representative After a Felony Conviction: Creates exception to allow person

convicted of felony who is not currently incarcerated to serve as personal representative if they have

specified relationship to deceased; requires court to consider certain criteria when determining if such

person may serve as personal representative. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

HB 1507 - Medicaid Dental Pilot Program - Harris

Medicaid Dental Pilot Program: Requires AHCA to establish & operate 3-year Medicaid dental pilot

program in Region B of Statewide Medicaid Managed Care program for persons with disabilities;

provides eligibility criteria; specifies covered benefits; provides reimbursement requirements; requires

managed care participation; directs AHCA to seek federal approval; requires AHCA to collect specified

data & submit report to Governor & Legislature by specified date; provides for expiration. Effective Date:

July 1, 2026

HB 1535 / SB 1116 - Crimes Evidencing Prejudice Against Disabled Adults - Weinberger

Crimes Evidencing Prejudice Against Disabled Adults: Requires reclassification of penalty for crime if

commission of crime evidences prejudice based on victim being disabled adult. Effective Date: July 1,

2026

SB 1560 - Medical Placement for High-acuity Children - Simon

Medical Placement for High-acuity Children; Requiring that specific needs of a high-acuity child be

considered when determining a child’s best interest; revising the role of and services provided by a

Child Protection Team; providing for the placement of a high-acuity child; revising the goals of

multidisciplinary teams; revising the participants in a multidisciplinary team; requiring a licensed health

care professional to perform a medical screening for certain conditions on a child who is removed from

the home and maintained in an out-of-home placement, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

SB 1570 / HB 1405 - Statewide Project for Missing Persons with Special Needs - Gaetz

Statewide Project for Missing Persons with Special Needs; Amending a provision relating to the missing

persons with special needs statewide project; providing that the project is created through the centers

for autism and related disabilities; requiring that participants for the project be selected based on certain

criteria, etc. Effective Date: July 1, 2026

SB 1606 - Serving as Personal Representative after a Felony Conviction - Jones

Serving as Personal Representative after a Felony Conviction; Creating an exception to allow a person

convicted of a felony who is not currently incarcerated to serve as a personal representative if they have

a specified relationship to the deceased in certain circumstances; requiring a court to consider certain

criteria when determining if such person may serve as a personal representative, etc. Effective Date: 7/1

/2026

SB 1630 - Aging and Disability Services - Grall

Aging and Disability Services; Deleting expired requirements for Medicaid recipients to receive an offer

for enrollment for long-term care services; requiring the CARES program to review or perform the initial

assessment of an enrollee’s level of care; providing procurement requirements for area agencies on

aging expenditures; authorizing high-risk vulnerable adults to be given priority consideration for

receiving community-care-for-the-elderly services; revising professional and public guardians’

continuing education requirements to specifically include Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias,

etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

SB 1640 - Medicaid Dental Pilot Program for Persons with Disabilities - Smith

Medicaid Dental Pilot Program for Persons with Disabilities; Defining the term “persons with disabilities”;

requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to establish and operate a Medicaid dental pilot

program in a specified region to provide enhanced dental services to persons with disabilities;

specifying dental services covered by the pilot program; requiring the agency to reimburse dental

providers under the pilot program at a specified rate; requiring the agency to collect certain data on the

pilot program, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

SB 1652 / HB 0411 - Terminology Associated with Autism - Burgess

Terminology Associated with Autism; Revising the definition of the term “autism”, etc. Effective Date: 7/1

/2026

SB 1758 - Public Assistance - Gaetz

Public Assistance; Authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to conduct retrospective

reviews and audits of certain claims under the state Medicaid program for a specified purpose; requiring

the agency to seek federal approval to implement mandatory work and community engagement

requirements for able-bodied adults as a condition of obtaining and maintaining Medicaid coverage;

requiring the agency, in consultation with the Department of Children and Families, to develop a

business plan to implement specified provisions; revising the purpose of the Medicaid Pharmaceutical

and Therapeutics Committee to include creation of a Medicaid preferred physician-administered drug

list, a Medicaid preferred product list, and a high-cost drug list; requiring the department to develop and

implement a food assistance payment accuracy improvement plan for a specified purpose, etc. Effective

Date: 7/1/2026

SB 1760 - Health Care Coverage - Brodeur

Health Care Coverage; Establishing the Joint Legislative Committee on Medicaid Oversight for specified

purposes; revising encounter data reporting requirements for prepaid Medicaid plans; requiring

managed care plans to report to the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Office of Insurance

Regulation the existence of and specified details relating to certain affiliations by a specified date and

annually thereafter; revising requirements for contracts between a pharmacy benefit manager and a

pharmacy benefits plan or program and a participating pharmacy; revising and specifying additional

practices pharmacy benefit managers are prohibited from engaging in, etc. Effective Date: 7/1/2026

HB 6003 / SB 1700 - Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death - Trabulsy

Recovery of Damages for Medical Negligence Resulting in Death: Removes provision precluding certain

persons from recovering damages for medical negligence resulting in death. Effective Date: July 1,

2026

SB 7018 - Child Welfare - General bill by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

Child Welfare; Renaming the Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Pilot Program as

the Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Program; requiring the department’s Office

of Continuing Care to develop certain cohorts within specified regions, collaborate with certain

organizations and recruit mentors and organizations, and provide eligible former foster youth with

internship placement opportunities; requiring the Office of Continuing Care to develop trauma-informed

training for mentors of certain former foster youth which meets certain requirements, etc. Effective Date:

7/1/2026