Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H565: Agency for Persons with Disabilities
Status: Chaptered, June 12, 2026
Revises definition of term "developmental disability"; defines "Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome"; requires level 2 employment screening for all employees of residential facilities & adult day training programs; requires agency to contract with state university to develop & administer certain surveys; provides requirements for such surveys; requires state university to submit certain report to agency by specified date; requires agency to conduct public hearings on specified information; conduct or contract for gap analysis for specified purposes; identify core competencies & performance metrics & make recommendations for standardizing assessments; & submit certain report to Governor & Legislature by specified date.
What the bill says
An act relating to the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; amending s. 393.063, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "developmental disability"; defining the term "Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome"; amending s. 393.0655, F.S.; requiring level employment screening for all employees of residential facilities and adult day training programs; requiring the agency to contract with a state university to develop and administer certain surveys; providing requirements for such surveys; requiring the state university to submit a certain report to the agency by a specified date…
From the enrolled text, March 9, 2026:
An act relating to the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; amending s. 393.063, F.S.; revising the definition of the term "developmental disability"; defining the term "Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome"; amending s. 393.0655, F.S.; requiring level employment screening for all employees of residential facilities and adult day training programs; requiring the agency to contract with a state university to develop and administer certain surveys; providing requirements for such surveys; requiring the state university to submit a certain report to the agency by a specified date; requiring the agency to conduct public hearings on specified information; conduct or contract for a gap analysis for specified purposes; identify core competencies and performance metrics and make recommendations for standardizing assessments; and submit a certain report to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; providing effective dates. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsections (46) and (47) of section 393.063, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (47) and (48), words underlined are additions. hb565 -02-er FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES CS/CS/HB 565 2026 Legislature respectively, subsection (11) is amended, and a new subsection (46) is added to that section, to read: 393.063 Definitions.--For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (11) "Developmental disability" means a disorder or syndrome that is attributable to intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, autism, spina bifida, Down syndrome, PhelanMcDermid …