SB 1600 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Community-based Care Lead Agency Liability Insurance

Summary

Community-based Care Lead Agency Liability Insurance; Requiring the Office of Insurance Regulation, in collaboration with the Department of Children and Families and other entities, to review and analyze certain data; requiring the office to provide a certain report to the Governor and Legislature; authorizing the office to levy fines or otherwise penalize insurance companies, and the department to levy fines or otherwise penalize community-based care lead agencies, for failure to timely reply to certain requests for information, etc.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Last action Mar 13, 2026

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S 1600 Filed → S 1600 c1 · 6 edits

MODERATE

The bill was completely rewritten to shift its focus from broad child welfare training and accreditation to a specific mandate for reviewing liability insurance costs for community-based care lead agencies. The new version replaces previous definitions of child abuse and training requirements with a directive for the Office of Insurance Regulation to analyze insurance data and report findings to the Governor and Legislature by January 1, 2027.

Scope change

The bill's scope narrowed significantly from general child safety and training mandates to a targeted study on insurance affordability and availability specifically for community-based care lead agencies and their subcontractors.

DEFINITION

Removed definitions for 'accredited child safety organization', 'child-serving organization', and 'institutional child abuse or neglect'.

REQUIREMENT

Removed requirements for annual employee training on child abuse prevention and the creation of a process to approve accrediting organizations.

Added a requirement for the Office of Insurance Regulation to review five years of data on insurance availability, costs, and claims for community-based care lead agencies.

TIMELINE

Set a deadline of January 1, 2027, for the Office of Insurance Regulation to submit a report on insurance trends and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature.

Included a provision for the new insurance review subsection to automatically repeal on July 1, 2027, unless the Legislature renews it.

ENFORCEMENT

Authorized the Office of Insurance Regulation and the Department of Children and Families to levy fines of up to $1,000 per day for failure to respond to information requests within 30 days.

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Committee

Feb 12, 2026

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

upper

Feb 11, 2026

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Feb 5, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 301 Senate Building

upper

Jan 22, 2026

Introduced

upper

Jan 16, 2026

Committee

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

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors