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FloridaSB 10302026Senate

Recovery Residences

Sponsored By: Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Joe Gruters (Republican)

Signed by Governor

AppropriationChildren, Families, and Elder AffairsAppropriations Committee on Health and Human ServicesRulesHouse Calendar

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

Ownership changes trigger recovery provider screening rules

Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida prohibits transferring a service-provider license. A transfer means moving a majority ownership interest or moving license duties to another entity by contract. When at least 5% of controlling ownership changes hands, only level 2 background screening is required for specified people. These include officers, directors, managing members, and people with operational control acting for the new owner. The Department of Children and Families must use the screening standard in section 397.4073. The law allows exemptions from screening disqualification, with a 90-day window during which the individual's license may remain active.

Recovery providers get licenses with operating limits

Beginning July 1, 2026, Florida provides probationary, regular, and interim licenses for service providers. One license can cover all defined service components, but it must identify the services and location. Providers must get approval before adding services and notify the Department of Children and Families at least 30 days before relocating a service site. Services at an unlisted location can trigger court action to stop operations and other sanctions. Providers whose services are not fully operating can get a probationary license after submitting a complete application, paying fees, and substantially meeting requirements. That license expires after 90 days and cannot be renewed. The department can issue a cease-and-desist order for substantial noncompliance, outside the standard procedures in section 120.60(6). The department cannot require qualifying existing providers to admit people during probation while adding care levels at existing sites or offering the same care at new, currently licensed sites. Those providers must have no outstanding violations under section 397.411(7) and no department action against their existing license under section 397.415 in the prior 12 months.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Children, Families, and Elder Affairs

    Affiliation unavailable

  • Joe Gruters

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

    Affiliation unavailable

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 179 • No: 0

House vote • 3/10/2026

House Floor Vote

Yes: 106 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/26/2026

Senate Floor Vote

Yes: 37 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/24/2026

Rules Vote

Yes: 22 • No: 0

Senate vote • 2/12/2026

Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services Vote

Yes: 9 • No: 0

Senate vote • 1/27/2026

Children, Families, and Elder Affairs Vote

Yes: 5 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter No. 2026-123

    6/12/2026

  2. Approved by Governor

    6/11/2026

  3. Signed by Officers and presented to Governor

    6/9/2026

  4. Ordered enrolled

    3/17/2026Senate

  5. CS passed; YEAS 106, NAYS 0

    3/10/2026House

  6. Read 3rd time

    3/10/2026House

  7. Added to Third Reading Calendar

    3/10/2026House

  8. Read 2nd time

    3/10/2026House

  9. 1st Reading (Engrossed 1)

    3/9/2026House

  10. Bill added to Special Order Calendar (3/10/2026)

    3/9/2026House

  11. Bill referred to House Calendar

    3/9/2026House

  12. In Messages

    2/26/2026House

  13. Immediately certified -SJ 463

    2/26/2026Senate

  14. CS passed as amended; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 453

    2/26/2026Senate

  15. Read 3rd time -SJ 453

    2/26/2026Senate

  16. Amendment(s) adopted (260270) -SJ 453

    2/26/2026Senate

  17. Read 2nd time -SJ 453

    2/26/2026Senate

  18. Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/26/26

    2/25/2026Senate

  19. Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading

    2/25/2026Senate

  20. Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 0

    2/24/2026Senate

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

    2/19/2026Senate

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

    2/18/2026Senate

  23. Now in Rules

    2/16/2026Senate

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

    2/16/2026Senate

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

    2/12/2026Senate

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