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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 517: Medicaid Provider Networks

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 517 is a bill introduced in the Florida House on November 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Medicaid Provider Networks. Primary sponsor: Debra Tendrich (Democratic), Chase Tramont (Republican), Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee. It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Rules.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Medicaid Provider Networks ; Requires AHCA to establish network adequacy standards for prepaid dental plans; provides requirements for such standards; requires Medicaid managed care plan provider network databases to identify whether providers are accepting new patients; requires prepaid dental plans to to provide specified information on online provider database.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 7 · Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Debra TendrichPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse89
Chase TramontPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Health Care Facilities & Systems SubcommitteePrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Robin BartlemanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse103
Kim DanielsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Rita HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Christine HunschofskyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Johanna LópezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Jim MooneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse120
Angie NixonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Susan ValdésCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in Rules
  2. Received
  3. Referred to Rules
  4. In Messages
  5. CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar
  8. Read 2nd time
  9. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
  10. Added to Second Reading Calendar
  11. Bill released to House Calendar
  12. Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 27 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source