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Introduced
12/08/2025
12/08/2025
In Committee
12/16/2025
12/16/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2026 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An act relating to the Agency for Persons with Disabilities; amending s. 393.0655, F.S.; requiring level 2 employment screening for all employees of residential facilities and adult day training programs; providing background screening requirements for such employees; requiring the agency to contract with a state university to develop and administer certain surveys for a specified purpose; specifying requirements for such surveys; requiring the state university to submit a final report to the agency by a specified date; requiring the agency to solicit input and conduct publicly noticed hearings for a specified purpose in each service region; requiring the agency to conduct or contract for a gap analysis to make certain assessments; requiring the agency to use certain information to identify certain core competencies and performance metrics and make recommendations for standardizing assessments; requiring the agency to submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; amending s. 393.063, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “developmental disability”; defining the term “Tatton Brown-Rahman syndrome”; providing effective dates.
AI Summary
This bill strengthens protections for individuals with disabilities by requiring all employees of residential facilities and adult day training programs to undergo level 2 employment screening, which includes background checks and employment history verification, and mandates that the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) contract with a state university to survey stakeholders, including service providers and clients, to assess the quality and consistency of waiver support coordination services, with the goal of identifying core competencies and performance metrics for support coordinators and making recommendations for standardized assessments, and also revises the definition of "developmental disability" to include Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome, a genetic disorder characterized by intellectual disability and specific physical and behavioral features, and establishes a new definition for this syndrome.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance
Sponsors (2)
Other Sponsors (2)
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Senate), Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (Senate)
Last Action
Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/26 (on 03/04/2026)
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