Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H935: Community Health Worker Services
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Authorizes AHCA to pay for community health worker services as optional Medicaid service; specifies coverage requirements; defines "community health worker"; requires agency to adopt rules; authorizes agency to seek federal approval; adds community health worker services to list of Medicaid services authorized for reimbursement on fee-for-service basis; adds community health worker services to list of minimum benefits required to be covered by Medicaid managed care plans.
What the bill says
An act relating to community health worker services; amending s. 409.906, F.S.; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to pay for community health worker services as an optional Medicaid service; specifying coverage requirements; defining the term "community health worker"; requiring the agency to adopt rules; authorizing the agency to seek federal approval; amending s. 409.908, F.S.; adding community health worker services to the list of Medicaid services authorized for reimbursement on a fee-forservice basis; amending s. 409.973, F.S.…
From the introduced text, December 29, 2025:
A bill to be entitled An act relating to community health worker services; amending s. 409.906, F.S.; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to pay for community health worker services as an optional Medicaid service; specifying coverage requirements; defining the term "community health worker"; requiring the agency to adopt rules; authorizing the agency to seek federal approval; amending s. 409.908, F.S.; adding community health worker services to the list of Medicaid services authorized for reimbursement on a fee-forservice basis; amending s. 409.973, F.S.; adding community health worker services to the list of minimum benefits required to be covered by Medicaid managed care plans; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (30) is added section 409.906, Florida Statutes, to read: 409.906 Optional Medicaid services.--Subject to specific appropriations, the agency may make payments for services which are optional to the state under Title XIX of the Social Security Act and are furnished by Medicaid providers to recipients who are determined to be eligible on the dates on which the services words underlined are additions. hb935-00 FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES HB 935 2026 were provided. Any optional service that is provided shall be provided only when medically necessary and in accordance with state and federal law. Optional services rendered by providers in mobile units …
Sponsors
- Skidmore, Kelly (D, HD-092) · primary sponsor
- Campbell, Daryl (D, HD-099)
Latest actions
- : Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
- : Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
- : Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H935?
- H935 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Community Health Worker Services.
- What does H935 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to community health worker services; amending s. 409.906, F.S.; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to pay for community health worker services as an optional Medicaid service; specifying coverage requirements; defining the term "community health worker"; requiring the agency to adopt rules; authorizing the agency to seek federal approval; amending s. 409.908, F.S.; adding community health worker services to the list of Medicaid services authorized for reimbursement on a fee-forservice basis; amending s. 409.973, F.S.…
- What is the status of H935?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H935?
- Skidmore, Kelly (D, HD-092), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for H935?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/935
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