SB 1050 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

Summary

Services for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities; Requiring the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to provide a list of all qualified organizations located within the region in which the client resides and to post its quarterly reconciliation reports on its website within a specified timeframe; requiring that online applications include an application for crisis enrollment; establishing the Statewide Family Care Council; requiring local family care councils to report to the statewide council policy changes and program recommendations in an annual report, etc.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Apr 30, 2025

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What changed between versions

S 1050 c1 → S 1050 c2 · 7 edits

MODERATE

This bill significantly expands services for individuals with developmental disabilities in Florida by requiring the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to provide lists of qualified organizations to clients, establish a Statewide Family Care Council to improve oversight, and create a new pilot managed care program. The changes enhance transparency, increase client choice, and strengthen accountability mechanisms for service delivery.

Scope change

The bill expands from regional pilot programs to statewide implementation for certain services, adds new council structures for oversight, and modifies eligibility and enrollment procedures for the pilot program.

REQUIREMENT

Requires the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to provide clients with a written list of all qualified organizations within their region within 5 days of enrollment.

Establishes a new Statewide Family Care Council to connect local councils, review recommendations, and submit annual reports to the Governor and Legislature.

Requires the agency to post quarterly reconciliation reports on its website within 5 days of submission to the Governor and Legislature.

Requires the agency to contract for a study to evaluate and improve the algorithm used for determining individual budgets for waiver services.

ELIGIBILITY

Changes enrollment requirements for the pilot program, making participation voluntary and requiring affirmative choice before enrollment rather than automatic enrollment.

TIMELINE

Updates report submission deadlines and pilot program implementation dates, with some dates adjusted from 2023 to 2024-2025.

SCOPE

Expands the pilot program eligibility to include individuals regardless of region starting October 1, 2025, and July 1, 2026.

S 1050 Filed → S 1050 c1 · 10 edits

MAJOR

This bill reorganizes Florida's disability services by transferring certain divisions from the Department of Education to the new Agency for Persons with Disabilities. It establishes a new Medicaid waiver program for adults transitioning to independence, creates statewide and local family care councils to improve service oversight, and updates pilot program requirements for developmental disabilities. The changes aim to improve financial management, increase transparency, and provide more flexible service delivery options for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities by transferring vocational rehabilitation and blind services divisions from the Department of Education, and adds new programs for adult pathways and family care councils.

SCOPE

Transfers Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Division of Blind Services, and Federal Rehabilitation Trust Fund from Department of Education to the new Agency for Persons with Disabilities.

REQUIREMENT

Requires the agency to post quarterly reconciliation reports on its website within 5 days of submission to improve financial transparency.

Requires online application system to allow applicants to apply for crisis enrollment and track application status.

Creates new Adult Pathways Medicaid waiver program for ages 18-28 to support transition to adulthood with fee-for-service model and annual per-person funding cap.

Establishes Statewide Family Care Council with representatives from local councils, advocacy organizations, and service providers to advise on statewide policies.

Creates local family care councils in each service area to gather input on local service delivery challenges and advocate for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Requires agency to post total number of individuals in each priority category on website, updated at least every 5 days, to improve transparency.

ELIGIBILITY

Modifies pilot program eligibility criteria to include individuals on waiting lists for individual budget waiver services and expands geographic eligibility starting July 1, 2026.

TIMELINE

Updates federal approval request deadline for Adult Pathways program to October 1, 2025, and extends pilot program status report deadline to December 31, 2025.

ENFORCEMENT

Adds requirement for agency to conduct quality assurance monitoring of pilot program including client satisfaction, health outcomes, and well-being measures.

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Committee

Apr 24, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

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Apr 17, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 110 Senate Building

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Apr 15, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 1

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Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/15/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building

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Apr 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

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Apr 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

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Mar 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 04/01/25, 4:00 pm, 301 Senate Building

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

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Mar 3, 2025

Committee

Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors