Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1327: Veteran Benefit Payments to Minor Clients
Status: In committee, March 9, 2026
Requires DCF to receive, deposit, & conserve certain benefit payments for certain minor clients; provides requirements for such funds; prohibits DCF from using such funds for certain purposes.
What the bill says
An act relating to veteran benefit payments to minor clients; amending s. 402.33, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families to receive, deposit, and conserve certain benefit payments for certain minor clients; providing requirements for such funds; prohibiting the Department of Children and Families from using such funds for certain purposes; providing an effective date.
From the introduced text, February 5, 2026:
An act relating to veteran benefit payments to minor clients; amending s. 402.33, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families to receive, deposit, and conserve certain benefit payments for certain minor clients; providing requirements for such funds; prohibiting the Department of Children and Families from using such funds for certain purposes; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsections (3) through (9) of section 402.33, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (4) through (10), respectively, and a new subsection (3) is added to that section, to read: 402.33 Department authority to charge fees for services provided.— (3) The Department of Children and Families must receive, deposit, and conserve all survivor benefit payments provided by the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs on behalf of a minor client in out-of-home care. The accumulated funds must be disbursed in their entirety to the minor client upon attaining years of age. The Department of Children and Families may not use such funds to reimburse the state for the cost of care. CS/HB 1327 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb1327-01-c1 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.
Sponsors
- Cross, Lindsay (D, HD-060) · primary sponsor
- López, Johanna (D, HD-043)
- Maney, Patt (R, HD-004)
- Maney (R, 4)
- Spencer, Leonard (D, HD-045)
Latest actions
- : Laid on Table
- : Added to Second Reading Calendar
- : Bill released to House Calendar
- : Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
- : Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee
- : Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
- : Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- : Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- : 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- : CS Filed
Votes
- House: Health & Human Services Committee (February 24, 2026): 21 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Health & Human Services Committee (February 24, 2026): 21 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Human Services Subcommittee (February 4, 2026): 17 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Human Services Subcommittee (February 4, 2026): 17 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H1327?
- H1327 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Veteran Benefit Payments to Minor Clients.
- What does H1327 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to veteran benefit payments to minor clients; amending s. 402.33, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families to receive, deposit, and conserve certain benefit payments for certain minor clients; providing requirements for such funds; prohibiting the Department of Children and Families from using such funds for certain purposes; providing an effective date.
- What is the status of H1327?
- In committee as of March 9, 2026. Latest action: Laid on Table (March 9, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1327?
- Cross, Lindsay (D, HD-060), with 4 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H1327?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1327
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