The Florida Senate

CS/HB 1085: Children's Medical Services Program

GENERAL BILL by Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee ; Oliver

Children's Medical Services Program; Transfers operation of Children's Medical Services Managed Care Plan from DOH to AHCA, effective on specified date; provides construction as to judicial & administrative actions pending as of specified date & time; requires department's Children's Medical Services (CMS) program to collaborate with agency in care of children & youth with special health care needs; requires CMS program to conduct certain clinical eligibility screenings & provide ongoing consultation to agency for specified purpose; conforms cross-reference; requires agency to implement approved waiver amendment subject to certain conditions; authorizes agency to adopt rules; requires agency to submit results of evaluation to Governor & Legislature by specified date; requires ACHA to develop comprehensive plan to redesign Florida Medicaid Model Waiver for home & community-based services to include children who receive private duty nursing services; providing requirements for the redesign of waiver program; requires agency to submit specified report to Governor & Legislature.

• Bill History
• Related Bills (3)
• Bill Text (2)
• Amendments (1)
• Analyses (1)
• Vote History (0)
• Citations (33)

Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
2/25/2025	House	• Filed
3/4/2025	House	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/5/2025	House	• Referred to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee • Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
3/17/2025	House	• Added to Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee agenda
3/19/2025	House	• Favorable with CS by Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee • Reported out of Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee
3/20/2025	House	• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
3/21/2025	House	• Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Health Care Budget Subcommittee

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
S 1166	Services for Medically Needy Children	Harrell	Similar	Last Action: 2/25/2025 S Withdrawn prior to introduction
S 1490	Children’s Medical Services Program	Harrell	Similar	Last Action: 3/27/2025 S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
S 1270	Department of Health	Collins	Compare	Last Action: 3/27/2025 S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

Bill Text

Version	Posted	Format
H 1085 Filed	2/25/2025 3:23 PM	PDF
H 1085 c1	3/20/2025 9:28 AM	PDF

Committee Amendments

H 1085 Filed

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
583903 - Amendment Remove lines 132-145	Oliver	3/18/2025 3:20 PM	Adopted without Objection 3/19/2025	PDF

Floor Amendments

No Floor Amendments Available

Bill Analyses

Type	Analysis	Author	Posted	Format
Bill Analysis	H 1085	Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee (Post-Meeting)	3/19/2025 7:14 PM	PDF

Vote History - Committee

No Committee Vote History Available

Vote History - Floor

No Vote History Available

Citations - Statutes (33)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
391.016	Purposes and functions.	Page 8 (pdf)
391.021	Definitions.	Page 8 (pdf)
391.025	Applicability and scope.	Page 9 (pdf)
391.026	Powers and duties of the department.	Page 10 (pdf), Page 13 (pdf)
391.028	Administration.	Page 13 (pdf)
391.029	Program eligibility.	Page 13 (pdf)
391.0315	Benefits.	Page 15 (pdf)
391.035	Provider qualifications.	Page 15 (pdf)
391.037	Physicians; private sector services.	Page 15 (pdf)
391.045	Reimbursement.	Page 15 (pdf)
391.047	Third-party payments.	Page 15 (pdf)
391.055	Service delivery systems.	Page 15 (pdf)
391.071	Quality of care requirements.	Page 15 (pdf)
391.097	Research and evaluation.	Page 16 (pdf)
391.221	Statewide Children’s Medical Services Network Advisory Council.	Page 16 (pdf)
391.223	Technical advisory panels.	Page 16 (pdf)
409.166	Children within the child welfare system; adoption assistance program.	Page 17 (pdf)
409.811	Definitions relating to Florida Kidcare Act.	Page 17 (pdf)
409.813	Health benefits coverage; program components; entitlement and nonentitlement.	Page 17 (pdf)
409.8134	Program expenditure ceiling; enrollment.	Page 18 (pdf)
409.814	Eligibility.	Page 18 (pdf)
409.815	Health benefits coverage; limitations.	Page 19 (pdf)
409.8177	Program evaluation.	Page 20 (pdf)
409.818	Administration.	Page 21 (pdf)
409.906	Optional Medicaid services.	Page 5 (pdf)
409.912	Cost-effective purchasing of health care.	Page 22 (pdf)
409.9126	Children with special health care needs.	Page 25 (pdf)
409.9131	Special provisions relating to integrity of the Medicaid program.	Page 25 (pdf)
409.920	Medicaid provider fraud.	Page 26 (pdf)
409.962	Definitions.	Page 26 (pdf)
409.968	Managed care plan payments.	Page 27 (pdf)
409.972	Mandatory and voluntary enrollment.	Page 27 (pdf)
409.974	Eligible plans.	Page 6 (pdf)

Citations - Constitution (0)

No Constitutional citations.

Citations - Chapter Law (0)

No Chapter Law citations.