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type: "Bill"
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title: "Agency for Persons with Disabilities"
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description: "Agency for Persons with Disabilities; Creates workgroup for continuum of guidance & information for individuals with developmental disabilities; requires APD to make eligibility determinations within specified timeframes; provides requirements for developmental disabilities home & community-based services Medicaid waiver program; revises background screening requirements for direct service providers; requires licensure of adult day training programs; provides that for purposes of disciplinary action for certain violations, licensee is ultimately responsible for care of clients in its facility or participants of program; authorizes agency to immediately suspend or revoke license of adult day training programs."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 1517"
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citation: "Florida HB 1517 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["k", "public health"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2023-273"
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primary_sponsors: ["Plakon"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2023-03-06"
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last_action: "2023-06-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/633964c5-2132-454e-b155-cbdf5a7d956c"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1517/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "1a077703783a2b9f2438d56df36348847f6e339cd2cc85a122c5f02f32c78309"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-fl"]
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---
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# Florida HB 1517 (2023) — Agency for Persons with Disabilities
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Agency for Persons with Disabilities; Creates workgroup for continuum of guidance & information for individuals with developmental disabilities; requires APD to make eligibility determinations within specified timeframes; provides requirements for developmental disabilities home & community-based services Medicaid waiver program; revises background screening requirements for direct service providers; requires licensure of adult day training programs; provides that for purposes of disciplinary action for certain violations, licensee is ultimately responsible for care of clients in its facility or participants of program; authorizes agency to immediately suspend or revoke license of adult day training programs.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2023-273.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **H 1517 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1517/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 1517 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1517/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 1517 c2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1517/BillText/c2/PDF)
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4. **H 1517 e1** (engrossed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1517/BillText/e1/PDF)
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5. **H 1517 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1517/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Third Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee) — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Health & Human Services Committee) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Health & Human Services Committee — primary (organization)
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- Plakon — primary (person)
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- Chaney — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
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- Lopez, V. — cosponsor (person)
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- Tant — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-07** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Now in Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-23** Added to Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-03-27** Favorable with CS by Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29** Reported out of Children, Families & Seniors Subcommittee
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- **2023-03-29** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-03-29** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-29** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-30** Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-30** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-30** Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2023-04-10** Added to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee agenda
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- **2023-04-12** Favorable by Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-12** Reported out of Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
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- **2023-04-12** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2023-04-13** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
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- **2023-04-17** Favorable with CS by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-19** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2023-04-19** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2023-04-19** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-19** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2) `reading-1`
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- **2023-04-20** Bill referred to House Calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-25** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/28/2023)
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- **2023-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-28** Amendment 585993 adopted
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- **2023-04-28** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-28** CS passed as amended; YEAS 109, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-04-28** In Messages
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- **2023-04-28** Referred to Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-28** Received `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-01** Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy `withdrawal`
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- **2023-05-01** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2023-05-01** Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1594
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- **2023-05-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-01** CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2023-05-01** In Messages
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- **2023-05-01** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-06-12** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-20** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-21** Chapter No. 2023-273
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/633964c5-2132-454e-b155-cbdf5a7d956c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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