Florida · Senate Bill 1648 · 2026 Regular Session

Access to Applied Behavior Analysis Services

  1. Introduced Jan 9, 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.

Access to Applied Behavior Analysis Services; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to consider certain factors when evaluating network adequacy for applied behavior analysis services under the Medicaid program; requiring Medicaid managed care plans to take reasonable steps to support workforce retention and recruitment; requiring managed care plans to notify providers of credentialing deficiencies in…

Read the full title (86 words)

Access to Applied Behavior Analysis Services; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to consider certain factors when evaluating network adequacy for applied behavior analysis services under the Medicaid program; requiring Medicaid managed care plans to take reasonable steps to support workforce retention and recruitment; requiring managed care plans to notify providers of credentialing deficiencies in a specified manner and timeframe; prohibiting managed care plans from imposing a moratorium on applied behavior analysis services providers unless such providers can demonstrate specified criteria to the agency, 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 14, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.