Florida House Bill 897

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Community Rehabilitation Programs

Rep. Leonard Spencer [D]

Rep. Daryl Campbell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	House	Died in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
2026-01-13	House	1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2026-01-05	House	Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
2026-01-05	House	Referred to Education & Employment Committee
2026-01-05	House	Referred to Education Administration Subcommittee
2026-01-05	House	Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee
2025-12-23	House	Filed

S792 (Similar To) 2026-03-13 - Died in Education Pre-K - 12

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
413	014		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/897
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/897/BillText/Filed/PDF