Florida HB 475: Residential Graywater System Tax Credits

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CS/HB 475 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to out-of-home placement providers and 2
treatment facilities; amending s. 39.523, F.S.; 3
requiring the Department of Children and Families, the 4
Department of Health, the Agency for Persons with 5
Disabilities, and the Agency for Health Care 6
Administration to provide certain data to community-7
based care lead agencies on a specified schedule; 8
requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and 9
Government Accountability to conduct an analysis of 10
this state's capacity to care for high-acuity children 11
in out-of-home placements and treatment facilities; 12
providing definitions; specifying requirements for the 13
analysis; requiring the office to submit to the 14
Legislature, by specified dates, interim and final 15
reports of its findings and recommendations; providing 16
an effective date. 17
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 19
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Section 1. Paragraph (g) is added to subsection (2) of 21
section 39.523, Florida Statutes, to read: 22
39.523 Placement in out-of-home care.— 23
(2) ASSESSMENT AND PLACEMENT.—When any child is removed 24
from a home and placed in out-of-home care, a comprehensive 25

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placement assessment process shall be completed in accordance 26
with s. 39.4022 to determine the level of care needed by the 27
child and match the child with the most appropriate placement. 28
(g) The department, the Department of Health, the Agency 29
for Persons with Disabilities, and the Agency for Health Care 30
Administration must provide to each community-based care lead 31
agency, as defined in s. 409.986(3): 32
1. A detailed list of each licensed out-of-home placement 33
provider and treatment facility within the lead agency's 34
respective region, including, but not limited to: 35
a. Therapeutic and medical foster homes licensed under s. 36
409.175. 37
b. Residential treatment centers for children and 38
adolescents as provided in s. 394.875. 39
c. Therapeutic group homes as defined in s. 39.407(6)(a). 40
d. Qualified residential treatment programs licensed by 41
the Agency for Health Care Administration. 42
e. Behavioral qualified residential treatment programs 43
licensed by the department. 44
f. Professional foster care programs as provided in s. 45
409.996. 46
g. Group homes and foster care facilities licensed by the 47
Agency for Persons with Disabilities. 48
h. Statewide inpatient psychiatric programs licensed by 49
the Agency for Health Care Administration. 50

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2. On a weekly basis, the current number of available beds 51
in each licensed out-of-home placement provider and treatment 52
facility listed under subparagraph 1. 53
Section 2. Out-of-home placement provider and treatment 54
facility analysis.— 55
(1) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government 56
Accountability shall conduct a comprehensive analysis of this 57
state's capacity to care for high-acuity children in out-of-home 58
placements and treatment facilities. 59
(2) For purposes of this multipart analysis, the term: 60
(a) "High-acuity" means a child from birth to 18 years of 61
age who presents with intensive and complex medical, 62
developmental, behavioral health, or disability needs across 63
multiple areas of functioning. 64
(b) "Specialized placement" means licensed out-of-home 65
care settings, including, but not limited to, family foster 66
homes licensed as level IV or level V, qualified residential 67
treatment programs, behavioral qualified residential treatment 68
programs, therapeutic group homes, residential treatment centers 69
for children and adolescents, and professional foster care 70
programs, as well as foster care facilities and group homes 71
licensed by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities. 72
(c) "Treatment facility" means a medical facility that 73
treats a child and does not constitute an out-of-home placement, 74
including, but not limited to, the statewide inpatient 75

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psychiatric program. 76
(3) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government 77
Accountability shall review the roles and responsibilities of 78
the Department of Children and Families, the Department of 79
Health, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the Agency for 80
Health Care Administration, and community-based care lead 81
agencies regarding recruitment and retention at