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FL S0794

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

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Origin

Senate

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands level 2 background screening requirements to all employees of residential facilities and adult day training programs serving persons with disabilities, not just managers and supervisors

  • Adds Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome to the list of developmental disabilities qualifying for agency services, defined as a DNMT3A gene mutation causing intellectual disability, macrocephaly, and overgrowth

  • Requires the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to contract with a state university to survey waiver support coordination services, with findings due by October 1, 2026

  • Mandates publicly noticed hearings in each service region and a gap analysis to assess geographic distribution and caseload capacity of waiver support coordinators

  • Requires the agency to submit a report to the Governor and Legislature by February 15, 2027 identifying core competencies, performance metrics, and recommendations for standardizing support coordinator assessments

Legislative Description

Agency for Persons with Disabilities

Last Action

Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 565

3/9/2026

Committee Referrals

Fiscal Policy2/26/2026
Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services2/12/2026

Full Bill Text

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