Florida · Senate Bill 40 · 2026 Regular Session

Medicaid Providers

SB 40 Sponsored by Barbara Sharief Died in committee

  1. Introduced Sep 8, 2025
  2. In committee Oct 6, 2025
  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.

Medicaid Providers; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to include specified requirements in its contracts with Medicaid managed care plans; defining the term “outside of regular business hours”, etc.

Every action

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

  1. SenateFiled
  2. CommitteeReferred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy · Senate Health Policy
  3. CommitteeOn Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 11/18/25, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building · Senate Health Policy
  4. CommitteeFavorable by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 · Senate Health Policy8–0 vote
  5. CommitteeNow in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  6. SenateIntroduced
  7. CommitteeDied in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services · Senate Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Roll calls

1 recorded vote: 0 on the floor, 1 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Committee votes

DateWhereQuestionResult
Nov 18, 2025 Senate Health Policy Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
Members

Yes · 8

Not voting · 2

 Passed 8–0

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 5 cosponsors: 5 Democrats.

All 5 cosponsors

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