HB 1529 Florida House · 2025 Regular Session

Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program

Summary

Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program ; Provides requirements for annual assessment of home health aide for medically fragile children program; revises program training requirements; requires employing home health agency to provide specified training & ensure each home health aide for medically fragile children holds & maintains specified certification; revises utilization cap of Medicaid fee schedule; requires home health aide for medically fragile children who works more than 40 hours per week to provide specified justification; provides requirements for AHCA to seek federal approval & federal waiver for specified purposes; requires agency to seek federal approval & implement federal waivers & state plan amendments for specified purposes.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 28, 2025 Last action Apr 30, 2025

Maddy AI version diff · 2 comparisons

What changed between versions

H 1529 c1 → H 1529 c2 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill revision adds a requirement for home health agencies to provide specified training and ensure certification for home health aides working with medically fragile children. It also modifies the training program requirements, changing the minimum training hours from 85 to 105 hours and adjusting the theoretical instruction requirement from 20 hours to 40 hours. The revision clarifies that training programs must be agency-approved rather than just approved by the agency in consultation with the Board of Nursing.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on the home health aide for medically fragile children program, but the specific training requirements and oversight mechanisms have been expanded.

REQUIREMENT

Added requirement for employing home health agencies to provide specified training and ensure each home health aide holds and maintains specified certification.

Changed training program requirements from 85 total hours with 20 hours of theoretical instruction to 105 total hours with 40 hours of theoretical instruction.

Modified training approval process from agency consultation with Board of Nursing to requiring agency-approved training programs.

TECHNICAL

Changed document header from CS/HB 1529 to CS/CS/HB 1529, indicating this is a second committee substitute version.

Floor votes · House Apr 15, 2025

How they voted

23–0

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 25

Apr 15, 2025

D Democratic6

6 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

17 Yea 2

89% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 17, 2025

Committee

Bill referred to House Calendar

lower

Apr 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Apr 15, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (23-0-2)

house

Apr 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Apr 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Mar 26, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable by Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Mar 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 13, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported out of Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with CS by Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

lower

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Added to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee agenda

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health & Human Services Committee

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee

lower

Mar 5, 2025

Committee

Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee

lower

1 primary · 8 co-sponsors