The Florida Senate

HB 5301-E: Health Care

GENERAL BILL by Andrade

Health Care; Removes provisions relating to Florida health care innovation; revises payment methodology for reimbursement of Medicaid providers; provides legislative intent; creates Eligibility Assistance Program within DCF; provides program requirements; requires department to select independent contractor based on specified criteria to operate program; provides Medicaid waiver funding requirements for certain individuals; requires APD & AHCA to reconcile funding amounts in specified manner.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  5/5/2026	House	• Filed • Bill referred to House Calendar
  5/12/2026	House	• Read 1st time • Added to Second Reading Calendar • Read 2nd time • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • Passed; YEAS 106, NAYS 0 • Requests that the Senate pass the bill as passed by the House or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference
  5/12/2026	Senate	• In Messages • Received • Referred to Appropriations • Withdrawn from Appropriations • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Substituted for SB 2518-E • Read 2nd time • Amendment(s) adopted (953056) • Read 3rd time • Passed as amended; YEAS 32 NAYS 0 • The Senate having refused to pass the bill as passed by the House, acceded to the request for a conference
  5/12/2026	House	• In Messages • Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget) • Conference Committee appointed
  5/12/2026	Senate	• Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget) • Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee/Budget: Senator Hooper, Chair; Senators Berman, Boyd, Brodeur, Gruters, Passidomo, and Rouson, At Large; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/Agriculture & Natural Resources: Senator Brodeur, Chair; Senators Arrington, Berman, DiCeglie, Grall, Massullo, McClain, Nathan, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, and Truenow; Appropriations Conference Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government/State Administration: Senator Brodeur, Chair; Senators Arrington, Berman, DiCeglie, Grall, Massullo, McClain, Nathan, Pizzo, Rodriguez, Sharief, and Truenow; Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Senator Garcia, Chair; Senators Martin, Osgood, Polsky, Simon, Smith, Wright, and Yarborough; Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Senator Trumbull, Chair; Senators Brodeur, Burton, Davis, Garcia, Harrell, Rodriguez, Rouson, and Sharief; Appropriations Conference Committee on Higher Education/Higher Education: Senator Harrell, Chair; Senators Bracy Davis, Bradley, Burgess, Calatayud, Davis, and Leek; Appropriations Conference Committee on Pre-K – 12 Education/Pre-K – 12: Senator Burgess, Chair; Senators Bradley, Calatayud, Gaetz, Jones, Massullo, Nathan, Osgood, Pizzo, Simon, and Yarborough; Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Transportation & Economic Development: Senator DiCeglie, Chair; Senators Arrington, Avila, Bernard, Bracy Davis, Grall, Leek, Martin, Mayfield, McClain, Polsky, Smith, Truenow, and Wright.
  5/28/2026	House	• Added to Conference Report Calendar
  5/29/2026	House	• Conference Committee Report considered • Amendment 051191 adopted • Conference Committee Report adopted • Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 103, NAYS 2
  5/29/2026	Senate	• In returning messages • Conference Committee Report received • Conference Committee Report adopted (051191) • Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 33 NAYS 1
  5/29/2026	House	• In Messages • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled

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• HB 5301-E, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 5/5/2026 at 3:29 PM

  Bill Text:	PDF

  Analyses:	Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care 5/28/2026 (pdf) Health Care Budget Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 5/5/2026 (pdf)

  Related Bills (3)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 5001E	General Appropriations Act	McClure	Compare	Last Action: 5/29/2026 H Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
  S 2500E	Appropriations	Hooper	Compare	Last Action: 5/12/2026 S Laid on Table, refer to HB 5001-E
  S 2518E	Health	Trumbull	Compare	Last Action: 5/12/2026 S Laid on Table, refer to HB 5301-E

  Floor Amendments (2)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
  953056 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Trumbull	5/12/2026 10:43 AM	Senate: Receded 5/29/2026	Web Page PDF
  051191 - Conference Committee Amendment Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Andrade	5/26/2026 12:02 PM	Senate: Adopted 5/29/2026	PDF

  Floor Votes (4)

  Date	Chamber	Result
  5/12/2026 10:29 AM	House	106 Yeas - 0 Nays
  5/12/2026 11:15 AM	Senate	32 Yeas - 0 Nays
  5/29/2026 1:06 PM	House	103 Yeas - 2 Nays
  5/29/2026 1:56 PM	Senate	33 Yeas - 1 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (7)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  381.4015	Florida health care innovation.	Page 2 (pdf)
  409.908	Reimbursement of Medicaid providers.	Page 2 (pdf)
  409.91196	Supplemental rebate agreements; public records and public meetings exemption.	Page 29 (pdf)
  409.912	Cost-effective purchasing of health care.	Page 9 (pdf)
  409.9207		Page 23 (pdf)
  409.967	Managed care plan accountability.	Page 25 (pdf)
  409.9855	Pilot program for individuals with developmental disabilities.	Page 28 (pdf)

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