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SB 950FLORIDA · STATEWIDESession 2026dead

Proposed Financial Crimes Intelligence Center

Original title: Financial Crimes Intelligence Center

March 13, 2026

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The Frame

What this does

The bill would have established a new state-level entity to centralize financial fraud data and investigations, potentially changing how law enforcement, banks, and merchants share information regarding payment crimes.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Department of Legal Affairs

The department would have been responsible for housing the center, appointing a director, and adopting rules for its operation.

Law enforcement agencies

These agencies would have been eligible to enter into operational agreements with the center and receive training and intelligence support.

Financial institutions and merchants

These entities would have been eligible to collaborate with the center and receive information regarding financial crime trends.

What changed

Last recorded activity March 13, 2026.

What's next

Introduced.

Summary

This bill would have created a new Financial Crimes Intelligence Center within the Florida of Legal Affairs to coordinate state efforts against fraud, forgery, and payment-related crimes. The center would have served as a central hub for law enforcement and private sector collaboration, requiring annual reports on fraud trends and operational plans.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What would the Financial Crimes Intelligence Center have done?
It would have served as a central hub for planning and coordinating how law enforcement and other agencies respond to financial crimes like fraud, forgery, and payment-related theft.
Who would have been eligible to lead the center?
The director could have been either a licensed attorney or a law enforcement officer.
Would the center have shared information with private businesses?
Yes, the center would have been authorized to share information with financial institutions, credit card issuers, and merchants, unless the information was deemed sensitive to ongoing law enforcement investigations.

Why It Matters

The bill would have established a new state-level entity to centralize financial fraud data and investigations, potentially changing how law enforcement, banks, and merchants share information regarding payment crimes.

News Coverage

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Lobbying Activity

AARP

$4,110,000

2026

HEALTH ISSUESMEDICARE/MEDICAIDLAW ENFORCEMENT/CRIME/CRIMINAL JUSTICEPHARMACY

P.L. 119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 8867, Planning for Long-term Aging Needs (PLAN) Act H.R. 5861, Legacy Act of 2025 H.R. 9393, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. H.R. 9396, the Prior Authorization Accountability Act. S. 4916, the Aging with Artificial Intelligence Act. H.R. 8100, Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act. S. 3886, Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act. H.R. 6766/S. 3492, the Essential Caregivers Act of 2025. H.R. 7966/S. 4118, Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act. S. 2120, the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 H.R. 5575, the Firefighters Assisting Seniors to Emergency Response (FASTER) Act of 2025. H.R. 3954/S. 4641, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. H.R.5554/S.2831, Stand Strong for Medicare Act. S. 3439/H.R. 6735, Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act and efforts related to the bill S. 1227/H.R. 2491, Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act S. 668/H.R. 3183, Supporting Access to Falls Education and Prevention and Strengthening Training Efforts and Promoting Safety Initiatives (SAFE STEPS) for Veterans Act of 2025 CMS-1851-P, Hospice Proposed rule. CMS-1843-P, Skilled Nursing Facility Proposed rule. CMS-1844-P, Home Health Proposed rule. No bill number. Health care transparency. No bill number. Discussed use of artificial intelligence and health data technology. No bill number. Discussed health-related policies and activities around the fall respiratory virus season. No bill number. Discussed health insurance affordability proposals. No bill number. Discussed Nursing Home staffing standards, safety, and quality. No bill number. Discussed Nursing home transparency and ownership requirements. No bill number. Discussed home health, hospice, and long-term care. No bill number. Discussed falls prevention. No bill number. Discussed social isolation. No bill number. Discussed HUD Assisted Living Requirements No bill number. Discussed family caregiving. No bill number. Discussed AARP paper on Medicare Caregiver Training Services. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid community engagement interim final rule, including the family caregiver exemption. No bill number. Discussed the paid direct care workforce in long-term care. No bill number. Discussed the unaffordability of long-term care. No bill number. Discussed Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and Medicaid HCBS spousal impoverishment protections. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid fraud and family caregivers, Medicaid self-direction programs. No bill number. Discussed sandwich generation family caregiver hearing and submitted a statement for the record discussing family caregivers and sandwich generation caregivers, programs that support them, AARP caregiving resources, and federal policies to support sandwich generation caregivers and caregivers more broadly. No bill number. Discussed long-term care. No bill number. CMS-2453-NC; Medicaid Program; 2028 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set Submitted comments No bill number. Discussed expanding access to home care. No bill number. Discussed the increasing cost of home care No bill number. Discussed HSA use for telehealth chronic care management services/subscriptions. No bill number. Discussed artificial intelligence and technology

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Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift90% confidence

Centralization of Financial Crime Data

The bill represented an attempt to move from decentralized agency responses to a centralized state-level intelligence hub for financial fraud.

Connected Entities

Sources

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openstates.org

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  • Controversy10
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  • Entertainment5
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