Christine Jordan SextonMay 4, 2023
4min0
'I was really struck by the need for a comprehensive approach to how we spend our behavioral health dollars.'
Tag: House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
Christine Jordan SextonMay 4, 2023
Renzo DowneyJanuary 14, 2020
5min358
The legislation would expand the use of prescription drug kiosks.
Staff ReportsNovember 7, 2019
4min412
HB 177 would require repository sites to document each donation and submit a monthly report.
Ryan NicolMarch 20, 2019
4min685
Sponsors say the legislation is aimed expanding access to health care.
Staff ReportsJanuary 23, 2018
5min612
Florida lawmakers are moving closer to allowing “advanced birth centers,” facilities that offer prospective mothers at minimal risk of complications an alternative to expensive hospital visits. On Tuesday, the House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee unanimously approved HB 1099, which lets Florida expand the use of ABCs – the freestanding, non-hospital facilities that supply a variety […]
Danny McAuliffeOctober 25, 2017
2min542
The Department of Children and Families is requesting more than $250 million from the Legislature for fiscal year 2018-19. Kimberly McMurray, chief financial officer of the department, laid out a list of specific initiatives Wednesday to the House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee. DCF’s funding requests were organized into four goals: — Expand and better coordinate […]
Les NeuhausMarch 21, 2017
9min371
A bill approved by a Florida House committee Tuesday would increase penalties for Floridians receiving food stamps and cash aid that have not met obligations to find work. HB 23 would return those penalties to levels before the 2008 Great Recession. Cape Coral Republican Rep. Dane Eagle, who introduced the same measure in the 2016 […]
Staff ReportsMarch 7, 2017
2min275
With a tip of the hat to LobbyTools, here are the latest movements – both on and off – of the legislative merry-go-round. On: House Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee has brought on budget analyst Bryan Mielke, formerly a legislative assistant for Sebring Republican Rep. Cary Pigman. On: Brandon Miller is replacing Mielke as Pigman’s legislative assistant. […]
Michael MolineFebruary 22, 2017
5min514
The House won’t pursue a proposal to change the way the state reimburses nursing homes caring for Medicaid patients — at least, not this year. They think the program is not quite cooked yet. “Although we like the idea of a prospective payment system … perhaps the calculations that were done in that study don’t […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterFebruary 15, 2017
5min327
The House Health Care Appropriation Subcommittee got the ball rolling on discussions about whether the state should change the way it pays nursing homes that accept Medicaid, with some members of the committee expressing concerns about parts of the plan. During the two-hour committee meeting Wednesday, the panel heard from Navigant officials about their proposed […]