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SB 0966 Health Care

HB 1159 Health Care Facilities

HB 0365 Pharmacy

HB 0817 Health Care

SB 1816 Health Care

SB 1792 Medical Negligence Actions

SB 0422 Cancer Treatment

HB 7169 Florida Health Choices Plus Program

SB 1844 Florida Health Choices Program

HB 0831 Controlled Substance Prescription

Health Care Bills On The Move

SB 1690 Volunteer Health Services

SENATE Read Second Time; Read Second Time; Substituted for HB 1093; Laid on Table, Refer to HB 1093

HB 0671 Pharmacy Technicians

SENATE Died in Health Policy

HB 0463 Examination of Dentists

SENATE Died in Health Policy

HB 1105 Health Insurance Tax

HOUSE Died in Local & Federal Affairs Committee

HB 0141 Florida Clean Indoor Air Act

HOUSE Withdrawn prior to introduction

HB 1159 Health Care Facilities

HOUSE Enrolled Text (ER) Filed

HB 7129 Residential Services for Children

HOUSE Enrolled Text (ER) Filed

SB 1904 Dystonia Awareness Month

SENATE Read Second Time; Adopted

HB 0865 Certification of Assisted Living Facility Administrators

HOUSE Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee

HB 0409 Health Insurance

HOUSE Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee

Topic: Medicaid

2013 Session Summary: Health Care

by LobbyTools - 7 days ago - +

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is more than 3 years old but formulating a response to it was the No. 1 health issue facing the Florida Legislature in 2013. Lawmakers began their spring session with select committees to address issues the mammoth health care law created and needed resolved by the end of the year. Read more ...

Democrats push Scott for special session on health care

by James Call - 1 week ago - +

Both the Florida Senate Democrats and U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson cite multimillion dollar penalties Florida businesses face because of the Legislature's refusal to expand Medicaid. A provision of the ACA requiring everyone to have health insurance goes into effect January. Companies with at least 50 employees face fines if a worker qualifies for assistance when purchasing insurance.

Legislature adjourns 2013 session

by Bill Cotterell - 2 weeks ago - +

A festive crowd packs the rotunda of the Capitol Friday evening anticipating the moment when House Sergeant-at-Arms Earnie Sumner, back, and Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Donald Severance drop handkerchiefs to signal the end of the 2013 legislative session

Sixty days of debate, argument, agreement and compromise end with the drop of two handkerchiefs in the Capitol rotunda to signal the completion of the 2013 legislative session.

Teachers, state workers get pay boost in $74.5 budget passed on final day of session

by Gray Rohrer - 2 weeks ago - +

Some House Democrats dropped their budget protest over Medicaid expansion, and Gov. Rick Scott got his top two priorities of a teacher pay raise and manufacturing tax cut.

Democrats wait for Scott to step up on health care

by James Call - 2 weeks ago - +

House Minority Leader Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale, holds a news conference about health care outside the House chamber Friday during a recess in the legislative action. He said a lot can be done before the deadline for implementation of the Pat

House Democrats say they are not going to drop the fight to extend health care coverage once the session ends. They are calling on the governor to veto sections of the budget, call a special session and commission a study to address issues raised by House Republicans.

DNC chief to Scott: "Get off the sidelines"

by Bill Cotterell - 2 weeks ago - +

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee, speaks Wednesday at the Capital Tiger Bay Club. She said Gov. Rick Scott should take an active role in pushing for health care expansion during the waning days of this ye

U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz says GOP lawmakers are acting like "spoiled children" who are bent on stopping Medicaid expansion even though the issue has been decided by Congress, court and voters.

Medical malpractice gets past House slowdown to Gov. Rick Scott's desk

by Gray Rohrer - 2 weeks ago - +

Rep. Dave Kerner, here with Rep. Debbie Mayfield, tried to scuttle a bill on medical malpractice by offering an amendment that would prevent insurers from using gun ownership as a factor in underwriting calculations. File photo by John Iarussi.

Republicans blocked an attempt by Democrats to force a vote on a pro-gun amendment, trying to kill the bill.

Thrasher on Medicaid expansion: Take a deep breath

by James Call - 2 weeks ago - +

Sen. John Thrasher, right, listens as Sen. Andy Gardiner makes a point on the Senate floor. Thrasher expressed doubt Tuesday whether a health care compromise will be found. File photo by John iarussi.

The former Speaker and current Senator thinks it's best for lawmakers to take a timeout on expanding health care coverage and let staff work on the issue after session. However, House Democrats will continue a protest slowing down the House's work until the House agrees to take up a Senate bill expanding coverage to a million residents.

Smooth session hits gridlock on Day 57

by Gray Rohrer - 2 weeks ago - +

House Minority Leader Perry Thurston, D-Fort Lauderdale, listens at left as Rep. Jim Waldman, D-Coconut Creek, talks with Capitol reporters Tuesday about the Democratic Party's tactic of slowing down the House session in protest of the GOP leadership

The feel-good nature of the session came to a grinding halt Tuesday as House Democrats used stall tactics to highlight the rejection of a plan to use federal money to provide health care to 1 million Floridians. Other top priorities of House and Senate leaders are dying or are being stalled in the session's final days.

2 health insurance proposals before Legislature

by James Call - 2 weeks ago - +

Maria Carrera of Orlando and about 50 other demonstrators advocate health care expansion on Monday, forming a gantlet through the middle of the Capitol's fourth-floor rotunda between the House and Senate chambers as the final week of the 2013 legisla

The governor wants to access billions of dollars of federal money to reduce the number of Floridians without even basic health insurance. The Senate has a plan. The House refuses to accept the money. Rep. Perry Thurston says, "It's time for people to chime in."

House passes limited health care plan

by James Call - 3 weeks ago - +

The House and Senate have lined up behind opposing plans to reduce the number of uninsured residents. The Senate would use federal dollars to cover everyone with incomes of less than 138 percent of the federal poverty level. The House would spend state money to assist people with an income of less than 100 percent of the FPL and exclude childless adults.

House defeats Fasano amendment to extend health coverage to 1.1 million Floridians

by James Call - 3 weeks ago - +

The rejection sets up a standoff with the Senate for the session's final week. The governor supports the Senate's position while the House is divided sharply along party lines.

Democrats to co-sponsor Fasano health amendment

by James Call - 3 weeks ago - +

House Democrats are getting behind an amendment by Rep. Mike Fasano to rewrite HB 7169 to match SB 1816, the health care plan by Sen. Joe Negron. File photo by John Iarussi.

The Pasco County Republican is bucking House leadership and will propose amending the House health care plan to closely resemble a Senate proposal. It would draw down billions of federal dollars, a funding scheme the House has rejected. "Fasano is an unusual guy. He's a hybrid," said Rep. Elaine Schwartz, D-Hollywood.

What they're fighting over: Main conference issues between House and Senate

by Gray Rohrer - 4 weeks ago - +

Sen. Alan Hays, right, shows Rep. Clay Ingram his artful necktie Friday as House and Senate conferees began work on the general government and government operations budget. Hays chairs the committee and Hays is vice chairman. Photo by Bill Cotterell.

Decisions on expanded health care coverage, teacher and state worker raises, college tuition hikes, clerks of the court budgets and state agency information technology consolidation are some of the main issues likely to get "bumped" to the chairs of conference committees, and possibly, House and Senate leaders.