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SB 1630 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Aging and Disability Services

Summary
Aging and Disability Services; Deleting expired requirements for Medicaid recipients to receive an offer for enrollment for long-term care services; requiring the CARES program to review or perform the initial assessment of an enrollee’s level of care; providing procurement requirements for area agencies on aging; requiring that high-risk vulnerable adults be given priority consideration for receiving community-care-for-the-elderly services; revising professional and public guardians’ continuing education requirements to include Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, etc.
Issues: ✓ HealthcareSupports HealthcareRemoves Medicaid enrollment barriers, mandates care assessments, and prioritizes vulnerable adults for community healthcare services, enhancing access and service delivery.90% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2026 Last action Mar 11, 2026
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What changed between versions

S 1630 Filed → S 1630 c1 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was revised from an original filed version to a committee substitute, primarily updating the bill title to reflect the committee's involvement and refining the summary of changes to better align with the final statutory language. The core policy provisions regarding aging services, Medicaid enrollment, and guardian training remain substantively unchanged.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the revision is a procedural update to the bill text rather than a change in the laws being enacted.
TECHNICAL

Updated the bill header to include the Committee on Children, Families, and Elder Affairs as a sponsor and changed the bill identifier from 'S 1630' to 'CS for SB 1630' to indicate it is a committee substitute.

Revised the summary paragraph to correct phrasing (e.g., changing 'area agencies on aging expenditures' to 'area agencies on aging') and updated the description of the Alzheimer's Center of Excellence to include encouragement of innovative program development.

Adjusted the effective date in the header from July 1, 2026, to January 28, 2026, while the effective date provision at the end of the bill remains July 1, 2026.

Floor votes

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Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
8
Committee
9
Feb 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 19 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 19, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/24/26, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building --Temporarily Postponed
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/12/26, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
upper
Jan 28, 2026
Upper · Passed
Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
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

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Erin Grall
Erin Grall
RRepublican
FL
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