Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H763: Child Welfare
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Provides that new medical report relating to provision of psychotropic medication to child in legal custody of DCF may be required only under certain circumstances; requires DCF & each community-based care lead agency to coordinate with certain organizations & meet quarterly; requires DCF & each community-based care lead agency to make certain information available on their respective websites; requires, beginning in specified year, DCF & each community-based care lead agency to publish on their respective websites biannual report containing specified information; requires caregiver to provide weekly cash allowance to each child in his or her care beginning when child attains certain age; requires physician to provide to pharmacy copy of certain documentation, rather than signed attestation, with certain prescriptions.
What the bill says
An act relating to child welfare; amending s. 39.407, F.S.; providing that a new medical report relating to the provision of psychotropic medication to a child in the legal custody of the Department of Children and Families may be required only under certain circumstances; amending s. 39.4085, F.S.; requiring the department and each community-based care lead agency to coordinate with certain organizations and meet quarterly for a specified purpose; authorizing such meetings to be in person or via teleconference or other electronic means; requiring such meetings to have a formal agenda…
From the introduced text, February 23, 2026:
An act relating to child welfare; amending s. 39.407, F.S.; providing that a new medical report relating to the provision of psychotropic medication to a child in the legal custody of the Department of Children and Families may be required only under certain circumstances; amending s. 39.4085, F.S.; requiring the department and each community-based care lead agency to coordinate with certain organizations and meet quarterly for a specified purpose; authorizing such meetings to be in person or via teleconference or other electronic means; requiring such meetings to have a formal agenda; requiring the department and each community-based care lead agency to make certain information available on their respective websites; requiring, beginning in a specified year, the department and each community-based care lead agency to publish on their respective websites a biannual report containing specified information; amending s. 409.145, F.S.; providing legislative findings; requiring a caregiver to provide a weekly cash allowance to each child in his or her care beginning when the child attains a certain age; prohibiting a caregiver from withholding a child's allowance as punishment; providing that a child may not be required CS/HB 763 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb763-01-c1 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES to use his or her allowance for certain items; encouraging caregivers to offer certain opportunities to children in …
Sponsors
- Trabulsy, Dana (R, HD-084) · primary sponsor
- Bartleman, Robin (D, HD-103)
- Basabe, Fabián (R, HD-106)
- Berfield, Kimberly (R, HD-058)
- Franklin (D, 8)
- Franklin, Gallop (D, HD-008)
- Rosenwald, Mitch (D, HD-098)
- Stark, Paula (R, HD-047)
Latest actions
- : Died in Health & Human Services Committee
- : 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
- : Now in Health & Human Services Committee
- : Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- : CS Filed
- : Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
- : Reported out of Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- : Favorable with CS by Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- : Added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda
- : Now in Health Care Budget Subcommittee
Votes
- House: Health Care Budget Subcommittee (February 23, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Health Care Budget Subcommittee (February 23, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Human Services Subcommittee (February 4, 2026): 16 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Human Services Subcommittee (February 4, 2026): 16 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is H763?
- H763 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Child Welfare.
- What does H763 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to child welfare; amending s. 39.407, F.S.; providing that a new medical report relating to the provision of psychotropic medication to a child in the legal custody of the Department of Children and Families may be required only under certain circumstances; amending s. 39.4085, F.S.; requiring the department and each community-based care lead agency to coordinate with certain organizations and meet quarterly for a specified purpose; authorizing such meetings to be in person or via teleconference or other electronic means; requiring such meetings to have a formal agenda…
- What is the status of H763?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Health & Human Services Committee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H763?
- Trabulsy, Dana (R, HD-084), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H763?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/763
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