CS/CS/SB 794

Florida Senate bill in Session 2026.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: March 9, 2026.

Agency for Persons with Disabilities.

Bill ID FL-2026-SB-794
Session 2026
Status in_committee
Committee Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
Senate in_committee 2026-03-09
Labor / Employment
Summary

Agency for Persons with Disabilities; Requiring level 2 employment screening for all employees of residential facilities and adult day training programs; providing background screening requirements for such employees; requiring the agency to solicit input and conduct publicly noticed hearings for a specified purpose in each service region; requiring the agency to use certain information to identify certain core competencies and performance metrics and make recommendations for standardizing assessments, etc.

Sponsor
Appropriations Committee on Health
Official Source Back to Bills
Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2026-01-13 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-03-09 Status in_committee
2026-03-09 Latest Action Senate - Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 565 -SJ 690
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