Medical Assistance Eligibility for Working Persons with Disabilities
- Introduced Dec 29, 2025
- In committee Jan 7, 2026
- Died
- Passed the House
- To the governor
- Became law
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Medical Assistance Eligibility for Working Persons with Disabilities; Creating the Working People with Disabilities program within the Agency for Health Care Administration; specifying income and asset requirements for eligibility in the program; requiring the Department of Children and Families to provide a written notice of specified information to eligible adults upon their initial enrollment in certain Medicaid…
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Medical Assistance Eligibility for Working Persons with Disabilities; Creating the Working People with Disabilities program within the Agency for Health Care Administration; specifying income and asset requirements for eligibility in the program; requiring the Department of Children and Families to provide a written notice of specified information to eligible adults upon their initial enrollment in certain Medicaid waiver programs, and at least annually thereafter; requiring the agency to identify certain Medicaid recipients and share such information with the department for a specified purpose, etc.
Every action
18 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
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- SenateFiled
- CommitteeReferred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
- SenateIntroduced
- CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Building · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
- CommitteeCS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs5–0 vote
- SenatePending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- CommitteeCS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time · Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs
- CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/12/26, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
- CommitteeFavorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services9–0 vote
- CommitteeNow in Appropriations · Senate Appropriations
- CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building · Senate Appropriations
- CommitteeFavorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 · Senate Appropriations18–0 vote
- SenatePlaced on Calendar, on 2nd reading
- SenatePlaced on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26
- SenateRead 2nd time -SJ 598
- SenateSubstituted CS/HB 915 -SJ 598
- SenateLaid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 915 (Ch. 2026-88 ) -SJ 598
Roll calls
3 recorded votes: 0 on the floor, 3 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.
Committee votes
| Date | Where | Question | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2026 | Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs | CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 | 5–0 |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services | Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 | 9–0 |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Senate Appropriations | Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0 | 18–0 |
Sponsors
The member who introduced it.
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Jennifer BradleyR Primary sponsor · District 6
- CF Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Sponsoring committee
From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.