Florida · Senate Bill 1156 · 2025 Regular Session

Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program

  1. Introduced Feb 25, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 3, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor Jun 18, 2025
  6. Became law Jun 23, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program; Providing requirements for the annual assessment of the home health aide for medically fragile children program; revising the utilization cap of a Medicaid fee schedule; requiring a home health aide for medically fragile children who works more than 40 hours per week to provide specified justification; requiring the agency to seek federal approval and implement federal waivers and state plan amendments for specified purposes, etc.

Every action

34 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

Show the 26 earlier steps
  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy · Senate Health Policy
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Health Policy
  5. CommitteeCS by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 · Senate Health Policy10–0 vote
  6. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  7. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  8. CommitteeCS by Health Policy read 1st time · Senate Health Policy
  9. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 04/10/25, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  10. CommitteeFavorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services8–0 vote
  11. CommitteeNow in Fiscal Policy · Senate Fiscal Policy
  12. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Fiscal Policy
  13. CommitteeCS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 · Senate Fiscal Policy18–0 vote
  14. SenatePending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  15. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  16. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/29/25
  17. CommitteeCS/CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time · Senate Fiscal Policy
  18. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 614
  19. SenateAmendment(s) adopted (347492) -SJ 614
  20. SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 615
  21. SenateCS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 615
  22. HouseIn Messages
  23. HouseBill referred to House Calendar
  24. HouseBill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025)
  25. House1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
  26. HouseRead 2nd time
  1. HousePlaced on 3rd reading
  2. HouseAdded to Third Reading Calendar
  3. HouseRead 3rd time
  4. HouseCS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
  5. SenateOrdered enrolled
  6. GovernorSigned by Officers and presented to Governor
  7. GovernorApproved by Governor
  8. Chapter No. 2025-171

Roll calls

5 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Third Reading · Full Senate

37–0
Apr 29, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 37 No 0 Not voting 1
Democrats: 10 yes, 0 no Independents: 1 yes, 0 no Republicans: 26 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 37

Not voting · 1

Passage; Third Reading · Full House

113–0
Apr 30, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 113 No 0 Not voting 6
Democrats: 30 yes, 0 no Republicans: 83 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 113

Not voting · 6

Committee and other votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Apr 1, 2025 Senate Health Policy CS by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0
Members

Yes · 10

10–0
Apr 10, 2025 Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
Members

Yes · 8

Not voting · 2

8–0
Apr 22, 2025 Senate Fiscal Policy CS/CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
Members

Yes · 18

Not voting · 1

18–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 1 cosponsor: 1 Democrat.

  • Gayle HarrellR Primary sponsor · District 31
  • FP Fiscal Policy Sponsoring committee
  • HP Health Policy Sponsoring committee
All 1 cosponsor

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.