Medicaid Dental Pilot Program for Persons with Disabilities; Defining the term “persons with disabilities”; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to establish and operate a Medicaid dental pilot program in a specified region to provide enhanced dental services to persons with disabilities; specifying dental services covered by the pilot program; requiring the agency to reimburse dental providers under the pilot program at a specified rate; requiring the agency to collect certain data on the pilot program, etc.
Public Records and Meetings/Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for certain information held by the Department of Health or the Board of Podiatric Medicine pursuant to the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact; authorizing the disclosure of such information under certain circumstances; providing an exemption from public meetings requirements for certain meetings or portions of certain meetings of the Interstate Podiatric Medical Licensure Compact Commission; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemptions; providing statements of public necessity, etc.
Maternal Health and Early Learning; Citing this act as the "The Motherhood Initiative"; requiring the Department of Health to establish a certain home visit program for expectant mothers; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to authorize reduced fees for an applicant or a licensee for certain birthing centers; requiring the department to provide a blood pressure monitor and cuff to an expectant mother for certain purposes and to repair the device and provide replacement parts as necessary; authorizing a doula or midwife to be present with his or her client during childbirth at a hospital, etc.
Practice of Veterinary Medicine; Revising the membership of the Board of Veterinary Medicine; specifying the services a veterinary technician or veterinary technologist must be licensed to perform, under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian; specifying that licensed veterinarians are responsible for all services performed by licensed veterinary technicians or veterinary technologists; specifying the services that only licensed veterinarians may perform or provide, etc.
Fees/Florida Public Service Commission; Increasing the maximum administrative fee that the Florida Public Service Commission may establish to carry out certain duties, etc.
SB 1652 revises Florida's legal definition of "autism" and "autism spectrum disorder" to align with the most recent edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The bill updates the statutory description to specify that autism is a "neurologically based developmental disability" causing challenges in social interaction, communication, and behavior, with onset in early childhood. This change affects how state agencies, programs, and records formally reference autism in Florida law, ensuring consistency with current medical standards. The bill does not alter funding, services, or eligibility for autism-related support; it solely updates terminology. It takes effect on July 1, 2026.
Charitable Giving; Prohibits charitable organization that accepts contribution pursuant to written donor-imposed restriction from violating terms of that restriction without potential penalty; authorizes donor, or donor's legal representative, to file complaint within specified timeframe if charitable organization violates donor-imposed restriction contained in endowment agreement; specifies venue where complaint may be filed; provides that complaint may be filed regardless of whether endowment agreement expressly reserves right to sue or enforce agreement; prohibits donor or donor representative from seeking judgment awarding damages; requires charitable organization to notify donor, or donor's legal representative, if it cannot fulfill term in endowment agreement & offer donor, or donor's legal representative, alternative solution that closely matches initial term in such endowment agreement; etc.
Craft Brewing; Authorizing a licensed craft brewery to conduct tastings and sales of malt beverages at certain events; deleting a requirement that manufacturers and brewers file a surety bond with the division; revising a requirement for certain manufacturers to pay a specified license tax; authorizing contract brewers to transfer malt beverages to contracting brewers’ facilities up to a specified amount, etc.
Redesignations of State University and Florida College System Institution Roads; Requiring state university and Florida College System institution boards of trustees to redesignate specified roads or portions of roads to certain names relating to Charlie James Kirk within a specified time period; requiring that state funds be withheld for any university or institution that fails to redesignate a road or portion of a roadway within such time period, etc.
Medical Coverage Assistance Program for Working Individuals with Disabilities; Citing this act as the "Economic Self-Sufficiency for Working Individuals with Disabilities Act"; contingent upon federal approval, requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to implement and administer a Medicaid buy-in program for specified individuals with disabilities under certain circumstances; requiring the agency to determine the income eligibility level for the program; specifying requirements for the program; requiring the agency to seek federal approval through a Medicaid waiver or state plan amendment by a specified date, etc.
Public Records/Commission on Ethics; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for the personal identifying and location information of current and former employees and commissioners of the Commission on Ethics and their spouses and dependents; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application of the exemption; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.
Serving as Personal Representative after a Felony Conviction; Creating an exception to allow a person convicted of a felony who is not currently incarcerated to serve as a personal representative if they have a specified relationship to the deceased in certain circumstances; requiring a court to consider certain criteria when determining if such person may serve as a personal representative, etc.
