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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1560: Medical Placement for High-acuity Children

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 1560 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on January 9, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Medical Placement for High-acuity Children. Primary sponsor: Corey Simon (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 19, 2026): Withdrawn from further consideration.

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 Placement for High-acuity Children; Requiring that specific needs of a high-acuity child be considered when determining a child’s best interest; revising the role of and services provided by a Child Protection Team; providing for the placement of a high-acuity child; revising the goals of multidisciplinary teams; revising the participants in a multidisciplinary team; requiring a licensed health care professional to perform a medical screening for certain conditions on a child who is removed from the home and maintained in an out-of-home placement, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Corey SimonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate3

“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. Withdrawn from further consideration
  2. Withdrawn from Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
  3. Pending withdrawal
  4. Introduced
  5. Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
  6. Filed

Sources

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