Florida · Senate Bill 1490 · 2025 Regular Session

Children’s Medical Services Program

  1. Introduced Feb 27, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 6, 2025
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor May 21, 2025
  6. Became law May 23, 2025

What it does

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

Children’s Medical Services Program; Transferring operation of the Children’s Medical Services Managed Care Plan from the Department of Health to the Agency for Health Care Administration, effective on a specified date; requiring the CMS program to conduct clinical eligibility screening for certain children and youth with special health care needs; revising the purposes and functions of the CMS program, etc.

Every action

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

Show the 25 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. 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
  9. CommitteeCS by Health Policy read 1st time · Senate Health Policy
  10. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services8–0 vote
  11. SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  12. CommitteeNow in Fiscal Policy · Senate Fiscal Policy
  13. CommitteeCS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  14. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 04/22/25, 11:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Fiscal Policy
  15. CommitteeFavorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 · Senate Fiscal Policy17–0 vote
  16. SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  17. SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 04/24/25
  18. SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 544
  19. SenateRead 3rd time -SJ 544
  20. SenateCS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 544
  21. HouseIn Messages
  22. HouseBill referred to House Calendar
  23. HouseBill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025)
  24. House1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  25. HouseRead 2nd time
  1. HousePlaced on 3rd reading
  2. HouseAdded to Third Reading Calendar
  3. HouseRead 3rd time
  4. HouseCS passed; YEAS 112, NAYS 0
  5. SenateOrdered enrolled
  6. GovernorSigned by Officers and presented to Governor
  7. GovernorApproved by Governor
  8. Chapter No. 2025-88

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 24, 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

Excused · 1

Passage; Third Reading · Full House

112–0
Apr 30, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 112 No 0 Not voting 7
Democrats: 30 yes, 0 no Republicans: 82 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 112

Not voting · 7

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 CS/CS 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 Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 17 NAYS 0
Members

Yes · 17

Not voting · 2

17–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

  • Gayle HarrellR Primary sponsor · District 31
  • AC Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Sponsoring committee
  • HP Health Policy Sponsoring committee

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