THE BILL ITSELF

SB 1594

Veteran Benefit Payments to Minor Clients

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Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1594 By Senator Gaetz 1-01396-26 20261594__

1 A bill to be entitled

2 An act relating to veteran benefit payments to minor

3 clients; amending s. 402.33, F.S.; authorizing the

4 Department of Children and Families, the Department of

5 Health, or the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to

6 access certain benefit payments for specified

7 purposes; prohibiting the Department of Children and

8 Families, the Department of Health, or the Agency for

9 Persons with Disabilities from supplanting certain

10 financial assistance; providing an effective date.

12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

14 Section 1. Present subsections (3) through (9) of section

15 402.33, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4)

16 through (10), respectively, and a new subsection (3) is added to

17 that section, to read:

18 402.33 Department authority to charge fees for services

19 provided.—

20 (3) The department may access benefit payments provided by

21 the United States Department of Veterans Affairs which are in a

22 combined account for postsecondary education services and

23 support and aftercare services under s. 409.1451 when a minor

24 client attains 18 years of age or, if enrolled in school, 23

25 years of age; however, the department may not supplant financial

26 assistance provided in 409.1451(2)(b).

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