Florida · Senate Bill 1302 · 2026 Regular Session

Pediatric Behavioral and Mental Health Screenings

SB 1302 Sponsored by Darryl Ervin Rouson Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 7, 2026
  2. In committee Jan 16, 2026
  3. Passed the Senate  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law Jul 1, 2026

What it does

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

Pediatric Behavioral and Mental Health Screenings; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to adopt rules establishing certain practice parameters and protocols for early periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services for pediatric behavioral and mental health screenings; requiring health care providers to provide a parent or legal guardian information on sleep, screen time, and nutrition; requiring the Department of Health to develop and make such information available for download by health care providers, etc.

Every action

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

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations · Senate Health Policy
  3. SenateIntroduced
  4. CommitteeDied in Health Policy · Senate Health Policy

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Florida's official records (flsenate.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.