Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H783: Coordinated Access Model Pilot Program
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requires DCF to contract with entity to establish Coordinated Access Model Pilot Program in Clay, Duval, & St. Johns Counties; requires department to award contract by certain date; requires certain contractual provisions; provides requirements for contracted entity; requires contracted entity to subcontract with certain state university for certain purposes; requires department & contracted entity to create coordinated access model; provides model requirements; requires department to provide specified reports to Governor & Legislature within specified timeframes; authorizes department & contracted entity to apply for & use certain funds to support or expand Coordinated Access Models; authorizes department to adopt rules.
What the bill says
An act relating to Coordinated Access Model Pilot Program; creating s. 394.45735, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families to contract with an entity to establish the Coordinated Access Model Pilot Program in Clay, Duval, and St. Johns Counties; requiring the department to award the contract by a certain date; requiring certain contractual provisions; providing requirements for the contracted entity; requiring the contracted entity to subcontract with a certain state university for certain purposes…
From the introduced text, February 13, 2026:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to Coordinated Access Model Pilot Program; creating s. 394.45735, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families to contract with an entity to establish the Coordinated Access Model Pilot Program in Clay, Duval, and St. Johns Counties; requiring the department to award the contract by a certain date; requiring certain contractual provisions; providing requirements for the contracted entity; requiring the contracted entity to subcontract with a certain state university for certain purposes; requiring the department and the contracted entity to create a coordinated access model; providing model requirements; requiring the department to provide specified reports to the Governor and the Legislature within specified timeframes; authorizing the department and the contracted entity to apply for and use certain funds to support or expand Coordinated Access Models; authorizing the department to adopt rules; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 394.45735, Florida Statutes, is created to read: words underlined are additions. hb783-02-c2 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES CS/CS/HB 783 2026 394.45735 Coordinated Access Model Pilot Program.-- (1) The Department of Children and Families shall contract with an entity to establish and operate a behavioral health Coordinated Access Model Pilot Program in the department's Northeast Region, including Clay, Duval, and St. Johns Counties, to improve timely access to …
Sponsors
- Sapp, Judson (R, HD-020) · primary sponsor
- Sapp (R, 20) · primary sponsor
- Booth (R, 35) · primary sponsor
- Booth, Erika (R, HD-035) · primary sponsor
- Barnaby, Webster (R, HD-029)
- Webster Barnaby (R, HD-027)
- Conerly, Bill (R, HD-072)
- Rosenwald, Mitch (D, HD-098)
- Spencer, Leonard (D, HD-045)
Latest actions
- : Died in Rules
- : Received
- : Referred to Rules
- : In Messages
- : CS passed; YEAS 111, NAYS 0
- : Read 3rd time
- : Added to Third Reading Calendar
- : Read 2nd time
- : Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/4/2026)
- : Added to Second Reading Calendar
Votes
- House: H 783 c2 (March 4, 2026): 111 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Health & Human Services Committee (February 24, 2026): 20 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Health & Human Services Committee (February 24, 2026): 20 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee (February 12, 2026): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Information Technology Budget & Policy Subcommittee (February 12, 2026): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Human Services Subcommittee (January 28, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Rules
Common questions
- What is H783?
- H783 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Coordinated Access Model Pilot Program.
- What does H783 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to Coordinated Access Model Pilot Program; creating s. 394.45735, F.S.; requiring the Department of Children and Families to contract with an entity to establish the Coordinated Access Model Pilot Program in Clay, Duval, and St. Johns Counties; requiring the department to award the contract by a certain date; requiring certain contractual provisions; providing requirements for the contracted entity; requiring the contracted entity to subcontract with a certain state university for certain purposes…
- What is the status of H783?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Rules (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H783?
- Sapp, Judson (R, HD-020), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H783?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/783
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