Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 850: Federal Approval for Community Health Workers as Medicaid Providers
Did not advance Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
- Did not advance
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 850 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Federal Approval for Community Health Workers as Medicaid Providers. Primary sponsor: Rosalind Osgood (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Health Policy.
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.
Federal Approval for Community Health Workers as Medicaid Providers; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to seek federal approval by a specified date to enroll and recognize community health workers as Medicaid providers and to use certain funds and means to secure financing for the workers’ services, etc.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosalind Osgood | Primary sponsor | Democratic | Senate | 32 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Died in Health Policy
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- Introduced
- Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
- Filed