Services for Veterans and Their Families
Summary
Services for Veterans and Their Families; Authorizes DVA to establish Florida Veterans' Care Coordination Program to provide behavioral health care referral & care coordination services for veterans & their families; authorizes DVA to contract with certain nonprofit entity to enter into agreements with Florida 211 Network participants to provide such services; provides for statewide delivery of specified services by program teams; requires Florida 211 Network participants to collect program implementation data & submit such data to DVA; requires DVA to submit report to Governor & Legislature.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Apr 2021
Signed into Law
Jun 2021
Introduced Mar 2, 2021
Signed Jun 29, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Apr 21, 2021 · House Apr 15, 2021
How they voted
36–0
Passed
Total votes 36
Apr 21, 2021
D
Democratic15
100% Yea
R
Republican21
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
36
Key actions
14
Committee
13
Jun 29, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor
legislature
Apr 21, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed; YEAS 40 NAYS 0
upper
Apr 19, 2021
Committee
Referred to Appropriations
upper
Apr 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported out of State Affairs Committee
lower
Mar 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Favorable by State Affairs Committee
lower
Mar 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
lower
Mar 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Now in State Affairs Committee
lower
Mar 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Mar 8, 2021
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Mar 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
Added to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
lower
Feb 16, 2021
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
lower
Feb 9, 2021
Lower · Passed
Added to Local Administration & Veterans Affairs Subcommittee agenda
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to Local Administration and Veterans Affairs Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; State Affairs Committee
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ardian Zika
RRepublican
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