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type: "Bill"
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title: "Medical Assistance Eligibility for Working Individuals with Disabilities"
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description: "Medical Assistance Eligibility for Working Individuals with Disabilities; Provides definition of term \"department\"; creates Working People with Disabilities program within AHCA; provides for purpose of program; provides eligibility requirements; provides income & assets requirements for eligibility in program; requires department to provide written notice to eligible adults within specified timeframe; provides requirements for such notice; requires agency to share specified information with department."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/fl"
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legislature: "Florida Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 915"
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citation: "Florida HB 915 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["social welfare"]
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status: "enacted"
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chapter_law: "2026-88"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tant"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-12-29"
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last_action: "2026-05-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/122ffbd4-2f8d-4a1b-a1c2-aef81be62a5d"
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source_url: "https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/915/ByCategory"
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source_hash: "6dd48a6e004894e7d44fd6064e191d4e0d2b6af56d93434ce27eb7c7b221d60f"
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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 915 (2026) — Medical Assistance Eligibility for Working Individuals with Disabilities
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Medical Assistance Eligibility for Working Individuals with Disabilities; Provides definition of term "department"; creates Working People with Disabilities program within AHCA; provides for purpose of program; provides eligibility requirements; provides income & assets requirements for eligibility in program; requires department to provide written notice to eligible adults within specified timeframe; provides requirements for such notice; requires agency to share specified information with department.
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**Enacted** — Laws of Florida, Chapter 2026-88.
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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 915 Filed** (filed) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/915/BillText/Filed/PDF)
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2. **H 915 c1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/915/BillText/c1/PDF)
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3. **H 915 er** (enrolled) — [source](https://flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/915/BillText/er/PDF)
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## Votes
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- Favorable (Health Care Budget Subcommittee) — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Third Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Favorable (Health & Human Services Committee) — **26–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage, Third Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower
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- Favorable With Committee Substitute (Human Services Subcommittee) — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Human Services Subcommittee — primary (organization)
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- Tant — primary (person)
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- Antone — cosponsor (person)
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- Bartleman — cosponsor (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Driskell — cosponsor (person)
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- Eskamani — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunschofsky — cosponsor (person)
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- López, J. — cosponsor (person)
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- Mooney — cosponsor (person)
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- Robinson, F. — cosponsor (person)
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- Spencer — cosponsor (person)
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- Woodson — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-29** Filed `filing`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Human Services Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-12** Now in Human Services Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-13** 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) `filing, reading-1`
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- **2026-01-15** Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda
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- **2026-01-20** Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-21** Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-21** Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) `deferral`
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- **2026-01-21** CS Filed `filing`
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- **2026-01-21** 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-22** Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Referred to Health & Human Services Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Now in Health Care Budget Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-26** Added to Health Care Budget Subcommittee agenda
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- **2026-01-28** Favorable by Health Care Budget Subcommittee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-28** Reported out of Health Care Budget Subcommittee
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- **2026-01-28** Now in Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2026-02-06** Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda
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- **2026-02-10** Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-10** Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee
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- **2026-02-10** Bill released to House Calendar
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- **2026-02-10** Added to Second Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-19** Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
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- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-25** Added to Third Reading Calendar
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- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** CS passed; YEAS 115, NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-02-25** In Messages
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- **2026-02-26** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Received `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-05** Withdrawn from Rules `withdrawal`
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- **2026-03-05** Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
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- **2026-03-05** Substituted for CS/SB 1016
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- **2026-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** In Messages
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- **2026-03-05** Ordered enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-05-06** Signed by Officers and presented to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-21** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-22** Chapter No. 2026-88
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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/122ffbd4-2f8d-4a1b-a1c2-aef81be62a5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Florida legislature records).
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