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HB1327 • 2026

Veteran Benefit Payments to Minor Clients

Veteran Benefit Payments to Minor Clients

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Human Services Subcommittee ; Cross ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) López, J. ; Maney ; Spencer
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
House - Laid on Table, refer to SB 1594
Effective date
2026-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Veteran Benefit Payments to Minor Clients

Veteran Benefit Payments to Minor Clients ; Requires DCF to receive, deposit, & conserve certain benefit payments for certain minor clients; provides requirements for such funds; prohibits DCF from using such funds for certain purposes.

What This Bill Does

  • Veteran Benefit Payments to Minor Clients ; Requires DCF to receive, deposit, & conserve certain benefit payments for certain minor clients; provides requirements for such funds; prohibits DCF from using such funds for certain purposes.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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535983

Committee amendment H 1327 Filed • Cross

Adopted without Objection 2/4/2026

Plain English: COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.

  • COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.
  • HB 1327 (2026) Amendment No.1 535983 - HB 1327_Strike all.docx Published On: 2/3/2026 1:26:48 PM Page 1 of 2 COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE ACTION ADOPTED (Y/N) ADOPTED AS AMENDED (Y/N) ADOPTED W/O OBJECTION (Y/N) FAILED TO ADOPT (Y/N) WITHDRAWN (Y/N) OTHER Committee/Subcommittee hearing bill: Human Services 1 Subcommittee 2 Representative Cross offered the following: 3 4 Amendment (with title amendment) 5 Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: 6 Section 1.
  • Subsections (3) through (9) of section 402.33, 7 Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (4) through 8 (10), respectively, and a new subsection (3) is added to that 9 section, to read: 10 402.33 Department authority to charge fees for services 11 provided.— 12 (3) The Department of Children and Families must receive, 13 deposit, and conserve all survivor benefit payments provided by 14 the United States Department of Veterans Affairs on behalf of a 15 minor client in out-of-home care.
  • The accumulated funds must be 16 COMMITTEE/SUBCOMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 House

    • Laid on Table, refer to SB 1594

  2. 2026-02-24 House

    • Favorable by Health & Human Services Committee • Reported out of Health & Human Services Committee • Bill released to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar

  3. 2026-02-20 House

    • Added to Health & Human Services Committee agenda

  4. 2026-02-06 House

    • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Health & Human Services Committee

  5. 2026-02-05 House

    • Reported out of Human Services Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)

  6. 2026-02-04 House

    • Favorable with CS by Human Services Subcommittee

  7. 2026-02-02 House

    • Added to Human Services Subcommittee agenda

  8. 2026-01-15 House

    • Referred to Human Services Subcommittee • Referred to Health Care Budget Subcommittee • Referred to Health & Human Services Committee • Now in Human Services Subcommittee

  9. 2026-01-13 House

    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)

  10. 2026-01-09 House

    • Filed

Official Summary Text

Veteran Benefit Payments to Minor Clients ; Requires DCF to receive, deposit, & conserve certain benefit payments for certain minor clients; provides requirements for such funds; prohibits DCF from using such funds for certain purposes.

Current Bill Text

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CS/HB 1327 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to veteran benefit payments to minor 2
clients; amending s. 402.33, F.S.; requiring the 3
Department of Children and Families to receive, 4
deposit, and conserve certain benefit payments for 5
certain minor clients; providing requirements for such 6
funds; prohibiting the Department of Children and 7
Families from using such funds for certain purposes; 8
providing an effective date. 9
10
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 11
12
Section 1. Subsections (3) through (9) of section 402.33, 13
Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (4) through 14
(10), respectively, and a new subsection (3) is added to that 15
section, to read: 16
402.33 Department authority to charge fees for services 17
provided.— 18
(3) The Department of Children and Families must receive, 19
deposit, and conserve all survivor benefit payments provided by 20
the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs on behalf of a 21
minor client in out-of-home care. The accumulated funds must be 22
disbursed in their entirety to the minor client upon attaining 23
18 years of age. The Department of Children and Families may not 24
use such funds to reimburse the state for the cost of care. 25

CS/HB 1327 2026

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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S

Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026. 26