Sign Up
SB 850 Florida Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Federal Approval for Community Health Workers as Medicaid Providers

Summary
Federal Approval for Community Health Workers as Medicaid Providers; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to seek federal approval by a specified date to enroll and recognize community health workers as Medicaid providers and to use certain funds and means to secure financing for the workers’ services, etc.
Issues: ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareEnables community health workers as Medicaid providers, expanding access to healthcare services for underserved populations through federal approval and funding mechanisms.90% confidence ✓ Labor & EmploymentSupports Labor & EmploymentBill secures Medicaid financing for community health workers, enabling payment for services and supporting their employment through funding mechanisms.95% confidence
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Jun 16, 2025
Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Mar 4, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Committee
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Rosalind Osgood
Rosalind Osgood
DDemocratic
FL
32