Dental Therapy
Summary
Dental Therapy ; Authorizes Medicaid to reimburse for dental services provided by certain mobile dental units; creates Council on Dental Therapy; specifies licensure requirements, services, limitations, & prohibitions relating to practice of dental therapy; requires DOH, in consultation with Board of Dentistry & AHCA, to submit reports to Legislature.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Nov 5, 2025
Last action Mar 13, 2026
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H 363 Filed
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MINOR
The bill text was updated from a filed version to a committee version, primarily reflecting formatting adjustments and the addition of new provisions regarding disciplinary actions and specific conditions for dental therapists to treat patients before a dentist's examination. These changes expand the regulatory framework for dental therapy in Florida by clarifying oversight mechanisms and service authorization protocols.
Scope change
The scope of the bill was expanded to include explicit provisions for disciplinary actions against dental therapists and clarified the conditions under which a dental therapist can provide services prior to a dentist's examination or diagnosis.
ENFORCEMENT
New text was added requiring a complete written report to be filed with the board within a specified timeframe after adverse incidents and explicitly providing for disciplinary action against dental therapists.
REQUIREMENT
The bill now specifies that a supervising dentist may authorize a dental therapist to provide services to a patient before the dentist examines or diagnoses the patient, subject to certain conditions.
TECHNICAL
The header was updated to reflect the bill status as 'CS/HB 363' (Committee Substitute) instead of 'HB 363', and the coding identifier was changed from 'hb363-00' to 'hb363-01-c1'.
Floor votes · House Feb 4, 2026
How they voted
80–30
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 118
Feb 4, 2026
D
Democratic34
76% Nay
R
Republican84
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
10
Committee
13
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Rules, 03/03/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building --Temporarily Postponed
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 80, NAYS 29
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Committee
Bill referred to House Calendar
lower
Jan 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Jan 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Jan 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
lower
Dec 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Dec 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
lower
Dec 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
lower
Dec 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Added to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee agenda
lower
Nov 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Now in Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
lower
Nov 18, 2025
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Nov 18, 2025
Committee
Referred to Health Professions & Programs Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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