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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1016: Medical Assistance Eligibility for Working Persons with Disabilities

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1016 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on December 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Medical Assistance Eligibility for Working Persons with Disabilities. Primary sponsor: Jennifer Bradley (Republican), Children, Families, and Elder Affairs. Most recent recorded action (March 5, 2026): Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 915 (Ch. 2026-88).

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.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jennifer BradleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Children, Families, and Elder AffairsPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“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. Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 915 (Ch. 2026-88)
  2. Substituted CS/HB 915
  3. Read 2nd time
  4. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/05/26
  5. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  6. Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
  7. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/18/26, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
  8. Now in Appropriations
  9. Favorable by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
  10. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/12/26, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
  11. CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
  12. Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

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