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Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1156: Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program

Enacted 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 1156 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program. Primary sponsor: Gayle Harrell (Republican), Health Policy, Fiscal Policy. It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (June 24, 2025): Chapter No. 2025-171.

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.

Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program; Providing requirements for the annual assessment of the home health aide for medically fragile children program; revising the utilization cap of a Medicaid fee schedule; requiring a home health aide for medically fragile children who works more than 40 hours per week to provide specified justification; requiring the agency to seek federal approval and implement federal waivers and state plan amendments for specified purposes, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gayle HarrellPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Health PolicyPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Fiscal PolicyPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Barbara ShariefCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate35

“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. Chapter No. 2025-171
  2. Approved by Governor
  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  4. Ordered enrolled
  5. CS passed; YEAS 113, NAYS 0
  6. Read 3rd time
  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar
  8. Placed on 3rd reading
  9. Read 2nd time
  10. 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)
  11. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/30/2025)
  12. Bill referred to House Calendar

Showing 12 most recent of 34 actions. Full history

Sources

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