Florida SB 1302: Mandatory Minimum Sentences

Bill Text

1302 
Pediatric Behavioral and Mental Health Screenings 
2026-01-07T05:23:22Z 
Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to adopt rules establishing certain practice parameters and protocols for early periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services for pediatric behavioral and mental health screenings; requiring health care providers to provide a parent or legal guardian information on sleep, screen time, and nutrition; requiring the Department of Health to develop and make such information available for download by health care providers, etc. 
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2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1302 

 By Senator Rouson 

 16-01111B-26 20261302__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to pediatric behavioral and mental 
 3 health screenings; creating s. 409.9746, F.S.; 
 4 requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to 
 5 adopt rules establishing certain practice parameters 
 6 and protocols for early periodic screening, 
 7 diagnostic, and treatment services for pediatric 
 8 behavioral and mental health screenings; specifying 
 9 such practice parameters and protocols; requiring 
 10 health care providers to provide a parent or legal 
 11 guardian information on sleep, screen time, and 
 12 nutrition; requiring the Department of Health to 
 13 develop and make such information available for 
 14 download by health care providers; requiring the 
 15 agency, by a specified date, to adopt performance 
 16 measures relating to early periodic screening, 
 17 diagnostic, and treatment services; requiring the 
 18 agency to collect and report performance measures and 
 19 outcome data to the Governor and the Legislature, 
 20 beginning on a specified date and annually thereafter; 
 21 providing an effective date. 
 22 
 23 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 24 
 25 Section 1. Section 409.9746, Florida Statutes, is created 
 26 to read: 
 27 409.9746 Early periodic screening, diagnostic, and 
 28 treatment services; pediatric behavioral and mental health 
 29 screenings.— 
 30 (1) The agency shall adopt rules establishing practice 
 31 parameters and protocols and requiring managed care plans to 
 32 provide early periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment 
 33 services consistent with such practice parameters and protocols, 
 34 including, but not limited to, all of the following: 
 35 (a) The use of validated, age-appropriate, trauma-informed 
 36 diagnostic tools based on nationally recognized clinical 
 37 practice guidelines to provide early periodic screening, 
 38 diagnostic, and treatment services to participants from birth 
 39 through 21 years of age. 
 40 (b) Authorizing a health care provider to use mobile 
 41 response teams, community mental health centers, behavioral 
 42 health hubs, and other qualified health care providers for 
 43 consultation, support with medication management, and 
 44 introduction of a patient to another health care provider as a 
 45 referral. 
 46 (c) Encouraging parents or legal guardians to participate 
 47 in mental health programs that provide education and support, 
 48 including, but not limited to, general parenting skills or more 
 49 specialized programs that offer education and support for more 
 50 specific behavioral or mental health issues. 
 51 (d) Requiring health care providers to give parents or 
 52 legal guardians information created by the Department of Health 
 53 about sleep, screen time, and nutrition. The department shall 
 54 develop such information and make it available for download by 
 55 health care providers. 
 56 (2) By January 1, 2027, the agency shall adopt performance 
 57 measures related to early periodic screening, diagnostic, and 
 58 treatment services and establish outcome data reporting 
 59 requirements. The agency shall use the measures as a tool to 
 60 monitor plan performance in connection with other measures 
 61 required pursuant to this part. Beginning January 1, 2028, and 
 62 annually thereafter, the agency shall submit a report on the 
 63 performance measures and outcome data to the Governor, the 
 64 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of 
 65 Representatives. 
 66 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.