Ryan NicolDecember 5, 2019
4min416
Caruso is asking for $500,000 to promote the 211 Palm Beach/Treasure Coast community helpline.
Tag: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
Ryan NicolDecember 5, 2019Ryan NicolApril 9, 2019
3min334
A companion bill has been filed by Sen. Anitere Flores.
Ryan NicolMarch 20, 2019
4min685
Sponsors say the legislation is aimed expanding access to health care.
Jim RosicaJanuary 31, 2018
6min735
Rep. Jason Brodeur is telling the state’s top health officials to get to work on medical marijuana—or they won’t get paid. The Sanford Republican has offered an amendment to the House’s 2018-19 budget proposal that would freeze more than $1.9 million in salaries and benefits for the Department of Health‘s brass, including Secretary and state Surgeon General Celeste […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 30, 2018
4min333
Penalties for welfare recipients who don’t “get with the program” would increase under a bill that cleared a House panel Tuesday. The measure (HB 751), filed by Cape Coral Republican Dane Eagle, was approved by the Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee on a 12-1 vote, with only Rep. Shevrin Jones opposed. This is the third year the […]
Peter SchorschJanuary 26, 2018
4min248
For the last couple of years, budget talks have seemed to put House leadership in the driver’s seat on instituting new reforms, with the Senate reacting defensively. So it was a breath of fresh air to see the two chambers heading in the same direction, toward positive change on funding for charity care provided by […]
Drew WilsonMarch 14, 2017
2min344
A bill allowing patients to stay overnight in ambulatory surgery centers cleared its first Senate committee Tuesday with a 4-1 vote. SB 222 by Sarasota Republican Rep. Greg Steube would allow patients to stay up to 24 hours at ASCs, a type of medical facility dedicated to less complicated, generally elective surgeries. ASCs don’t provide […]