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HB 897: Community Rehabilitation Programs

GENERAL BILL by Spencer

Community Rehabilitation Programs; Provides minimum standards community rehabilitation program must meet to qualify to enter into cooperative agreements with Division of Blind Services to provide certain services; authorizes director of division to temporarily waive certain requirements for certain purposes; provides that community rehabilitation programs that meet specified requirements are considered priority service providers for program funding; authorizes division to enter into cooperative agreements with noncommunity rehabilitation program private vendor; provides requirements for such cooperative agreements; requires Florida Association of Agencies Serving Blind, Inc., to coordinate with division to ensure annual cooperative agreements meet certain needs.

Effective Date: 7/1/2026
Last Action: 12/23/2025 House - Filed
Bill Text: PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    12/23/2025 House • Filed

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  • HB 897, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 12/23/2025 at 10:52 AM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    S 792 Community Rehabilitation Programs Arrington Similar Last Action: 12/16/2025 S Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Appropriations Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Fiscal Policy

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    413.014 Community rehabilitation programs. Page 2 (pdf)

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