FloridaAgency for Persons with Disabilities
What it does
Agency for Persons with Disabilities; Requiring level 2 employment screening for all employees of residential facilities and adult day training programs; providing background screening requirements for such employees; requiring the agency to solicit input and conduct publicly noticed hearings for a specified purpose in each service region; requiring the agency to use certain information to identify certain core competencies and performance metrics and make recommendations for standardizing assessments, etc.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 9Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 565 (Ch. 2026-129)Latest
- Mar 9Substituted CS/CS/HB 565
- Mar 9Read 2nd timeMinor
- Mar 4Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/26
- Mar 3Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- Mar 2Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0Minor
- Vote recorded Favorable. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 26CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
- Feb 26On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 26Now in Fiscal Policy
- Feb 26Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Feb 25CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 20On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/25/26, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
- Feb 12Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- Feb 11CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
- Feb 11Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- Feb 10CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
- Vote recorded Favorable with Committee Substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
- Jan 13IntroducedMinor
- 2025
- Dec 16Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal PolicyMinor
- Dec 8FiledIntroduced