SB 756 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

Summary

Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities; Revising the definitions of the terms “autism spectrum disorder” and “eligible individual”, etc.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025

Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

S 756 Filed → S 756 c1 · 2 edits

MINOR

This bill updates definitions for autism spectrum disorder and eligible individuals in Florida statutes, and changes the effective date of the law from July 1, 2025 to January 1, 2026. The substantive policy content regarding coverage requirements and service provisions remains unchanged.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; only the effective date was modified.

TIMELINE

The effective date of the act was changed from July 1, 2025 to January 1, 2026, delaying when the new provisions take effect.

TECHNICAL

The document format was updated from a filed bill to a committee substitute version with metadata changes, but the legislative text content remains substantively the same.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 9, 2025

How they voted

37–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 38

Apr 9, 2025

D Democratic10

10 Yea

100% Yea

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican27

26 Yea 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0

upper

Mar 28, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/02/25, 9:00 am, 110 Senate Building

upper

Mar 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 10 NAYS 0

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 03/18/25, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 03/10/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Introduced

upper

Feb 25, 2025

Committee

Referred to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors