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Florida 2026

SB 560

Child Welfare

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-18 15:11:01 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Florida
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
judicial branch, social welfare
Introduced / first action
2025-11-18 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Child Welfare; Providing that a new medical report relating to the provision of psychotropic medication to a child in the legal custody of the Department of Children and Families may be required only under certain circumstances; requiring the department and each community-based care lead agency to coordinate with certain organizations and meet at least quarterly for a specified purpose; requiring a physician to provide to a pharmacy a copy of certain documentation, rather than a signed attestation, with certain prescriptions, etc.

Sponsors

  • Rules (primary), primary
  • Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (primary), primary
  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (primary), primary
  • Garcia (primary), primary

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Died in Messages

    failure

  2. In Messages

  3. CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0

    passage

  4. Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  5. Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  6. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/04/26

  7. CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time

  8. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

  9. Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  10. CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 23 NAYS 0

  11. On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/24/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building

  12. CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time

  13. Now in Rules

  14. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  15. CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 9 NAYS 0

  16. On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/12/26, 2:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

  17. CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time

  18. Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

  19. Remaining references corrected to Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Rules

  20. Original reference(s) removed: Health Policy

  21. Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)

  22. CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0

  23. On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 01/20/26, 9:30 am, 301 Senate Building

  24. Introduced

    introduction

  25. Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Health Policy; Rules

    referral-committee

  26. Filed

    filing

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