Florida SB 1048: Medicaid Coverage for Dental Services

Bill Text

1048 
Reimagining Education and Career Help Act 
2026-01-05T03:15:56Z 
Revising the definition of the term “credential” to include leadership and soft skills certificates offered by certain accredited education organizations and entities, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1048 

 By Senator Osgood 

 32-01188-26 20261048__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to the Reimagining Education and 
 3 Career Help Act; amending s. 14.36, F.S.; revising the 
 4 definition of the term “credential” to include 
 5 leadership and soft skills certificates offered by 
 6 certain accredited education organizations and 
 7 entities; providing an effective date. 
 8 
 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 10 
 11 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 
 12 14.36, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 13 14.36 Reimagining Education and Career Help Act.—The 
 14 Reimagining Education and Career Help Act is created to address 
 15 the evolving needs of Florida’s economy by increasing the level 
 16 of collaboration and cooperation among state businesses and 
 17 education communities while improving training within and equity 
 18 and access to a more integrated workforce and education system 
 19 for all Floridians. 
 20 (2) As used in this section, the term: 
 21 (a) “Credential” means an apprenticeship certificate, 
 22 industry certification, license, advanced technical certificate, 
 23 college credit certificate, career certificate, leadership and 
 24 soft skills certificate offered by an accredited educational 
 25 organization or an entity that has been certified by a 
 26 recognized education and training entity, applied technology 
 27 diploma, associate in applied science degree, associate in 
 28 science degree, bachelors of applied science degree, and 
 29 bachelors of science degree. 
 30 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.