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Florida · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 40: Medicaid Providers

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

SB 40 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on September 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Medicaid Providers. Primary sponsor: Barbara Sharief (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 13, 2026): Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services.

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 Providers; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to include specified requirements in its contracts with Medicaid managed care plans; defining the term “outside of regular business hours”, etc.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Barbara ShariefPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate35
Lori BermanCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Mack BernardCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate24
Tracie DavisCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate5
Shev JonesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Rosalind OsgoodCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32

“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 Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  2. Introduced
  3. Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  4. Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  5. On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 11/18/25, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  6. Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
  7. Filed

Sources

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