Residential Homes for Medically or Technologically Dependent Children
Summary
Residential Homes for Medically or Technologically Dependent Children; Provides licensure & application requirements; requires AHCA to require certain background screening for certain persons; requires access to medically complex children's home at reasonable times for certain persons; requires agency to issue provisional license to newly licensed provider for specified timeframe; authorizes agency to issue conditional license for specified timeframe to licensed provider for specified reasons; requires agency to conduct inspections; provides rulemaking authority, procedures, & requirements; provides eligibility requirements to qualify for admission to medically complex children's home; provides uniform firesafety standards, emergency preparedness requirements, & construction standards; provides for denial, suspension, & revocation of license; provides for administrative fines.
Bill status
died
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2026
Last action Mar 13, 2026
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The bill text was updated from a filed version to a committee-reported version, primarily involving formatting adjustments and page number corrections. No substantive policy changes were made to the bill's provisions regarding medically complex children's homes.
TECHNICAL
Page count changed from 16 to 15 pages, indicating content was consolidated or reformatted.
Bill identifier changed from 'HB 1229' to 'CS/HB 1229' to reflect committee status.
Header formatting was adjusted with minor spacing changes in the title and header sections.
Floor votes · House Mar 5, 2026
How they voted
109–0
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 117
Mar 5, 2026
D
Democratic34
91% Yea
R
Republican83
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
9
Committee
13
Mar 5, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
CS passed; YEAS 109, NAYS 0
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 20, 2026
Lower · Passed
Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 16, 2026
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Feb 13, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported out of Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Favorable with CS by Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
PCS added to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee agenda
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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