SB 1016 Florida Senate · 2026 Regular Session

Medical Assistance Eligibility for Working Persons with Disabilities

Summary

Medical Assistance Eligibility for Working Persons with Disabilities; Creating the Working People with Disabilities program within the Agency for Health Care Administration; specifying income and asset requirements for eligibility in the program; requiring the Department of Children and Families to provide a written notice of specified information to eligible adults upon their initial enrollment in certain Medicaid waiver programs, and at least annually thereafter; requiring the agency to identify certain Medicaid recipients and share such information with the department for a specified purpose, etc.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Mar 5, 2026

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S 1016 Filed → S 1016 c1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The committee substitute changed the Working People with Disabilities program from an automatic enrollment model to an opt-in model, and added a new data-sharing requirement between the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) and the Department of Children and Families (DCF). The shift from automatic to opt-in means eligible individuals must actively choose to participate rather than being enrolled by default. The new data-sharing provision requires AHCA to identify Medicaid recipients who are in both SSI and a waiver program and share that information with DCF.

ELIGIBILITY

Changed from automatic enrollment to an opt-in model. The original bill stated eligible individuals 'must automatically be enrolled.' The substitute removes this language, making eligibility conditional on the individual choosing to participate.

REQUIREMENT

Removed 'Automatic enrollment in the program' from the list of information that must be included in the written notice, and added the phrase 'with the option to opt into the program' to the notice requirement. Remaining notice items were renumbered accordingly.

SCOPE

Added a new paragraph (6) requiring AHCA to identify Medicaid recipients who are enrolled in both Supplemental Security Income and a qualifying waiver program, and share that information with DCF as necessary to accomplish the purpose of the section. This creates a new inter-agency data-sharing obligation.

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Committee

Feb 18, 2026

Upper · Passed

Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0

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Feb 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

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Feb 12, 2026

Upper · Passed

Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

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Feb 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/12/26, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

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Jan 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

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Jan 28, 2026

Upper · Passed

Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

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Jan 22, 2026

Upper · Passed

On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/27/26, 1:00 pm, 301 Senate Building

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Jan 13, 2026

Introduced

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Jan 7, 2026

Committee

Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors