CS/CS/SB 794: Agency for Persons with Disabilities

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, Jones; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Garcia

Agency for Persons with Disabilities; Requiring level 2 employment screening for all employees of residential facilities and adult day training programs; providing background screening requirements for such employees; requiring the agency to solicit input and conduct publicly noticed hearings for a specified purpose in each service region; requiring the agency to use certain information to identify certain core competencies and performance metrics and make recommendations for standardizing assessments, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/26/2026 01:19 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 565 (er) by Human Services Subcommittee Agency for Persons with Disabilities Last Action: 6/12/2026 Chapter No. 2026-129	Similar

• Analyses (3)

  Links in this section are PDF documents.

  • Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting)   2/27/2026
  • Fiscal Policy (Pre-Meeting)   2/27/2026
  • Fiscal Policy (Post-Meeting)   3/3/2026

• Committee Votes (1)

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  Date	Version	Committee	Result
  3/2/2026 12:00 PM	S 794	Fiscal Policy	18 Yeas - 0 Nays

• Citations - Statute (2)

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  393.063	Definitions.	Page 5 (pdf)
  393.0655	Screening of direct service providers.	Page 2 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  12/8/2025	S	• Filed
  12/16/2025	S	• Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  2/5/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 02/10/26, 12:00 pm, 301 Senate Building
  2/10/2026	S	• CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 6 NAYS 0
  2/11/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time
  2/12/2026	S	• Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
  2/20/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services, 02/25/26, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  2/25/2026	S	• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
  2/26/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Fiscal Policy • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 03/02/26, 12:00 pm, 412 Knott Building • CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services read 1st time
  3/2/2026	S	• Favorable by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
  3/3/2026	S	• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  3/4/2026	S	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/26
  3/9/2026	S	• Read 2nd time -SJ 690 • Substituted CS/CS/HB 565 -SJ 690 • Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 565 -SJ 690