Florida legislation · 2026 Fifth Special Session
Florida H5301: Health Care
Status: Chaptered, July 1, 2026
Removes provisions relating to Florida health care innovation; revises payment methodology for reimbursement of Medicaid providers; provides legislative intent; creates Eligibility Assistance Program within DCF; provides program requirements; requires department to select independent contractor based on specified criteria to operate program; provides Medicaid waiver funding requirements for certain individuals; requires APD & AHCA to reconcile funding amounts in specified manner.
What the bill says
An act relating to health care; amending s. 381.4015, F.S.; providing that a specified loan program administered by the Department of Health is subject to appropriation; amending s. 383.14, F.S.; providing that, beginning on a specified date, the department must require newborns to be screened for infantile Krabbe disease and metachromatic leukodystrophy; creating s. 383.1401, F.S.; authorizing the department to create an educational pamphlet on the nutritional needs of preterm infants; requiring the department to provide the pamphlet electronically by a specified date…
From the engrossed text, June 1, 2026:
An act relating to health care; amending s. 381.4015, F.S.; providing that a specified loan program administered by the Department of Health is subject to appropriation; amending s. 383.14, F.S.; providing that, beginning on a specified date, the department must require newborns to be screened for infantile Krabbe disease and metachromatic leukodystrophy; creating s. 383.1401, F.S.; authorizing the department to create an educational pamphlet on the nutritional needs of preterm infants; requiring the department to provide the pamphlet electronically by a specified date; providing requirements for such pamphlet; amending s. 393.066, F.S.; requiring the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to reimburse certain providers using monthly and hourly rates for certain recipients; amending s. 395.4025, F.S.; providing requirements for specified designation of certain specialty licensed children's hospitals; amending s. 395.902, F.S.; removing a specified allocation for specified positions at behavioral health teaching hospitals; amending s. 395.903, F.S.; revising uses for certain grant funding for behavioral health teaching hospitals; amending s. 409.145, F.S.; revising the monthly room and board rates the HB 5301E, Engrossed 1 2026E CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb5301e-01-e1 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES department is required to pay to certain foster parents and caregivers; amending s. 409.1455, F.S.; renaming the Step into Success Workforce Education and Internship Pilot Program as the Step into Success Workforce …