Monday, March 12, 2018, Tallahassee – Florida lawmakers concluded their annual 60-day lawmaking session after a rare Sunday afternoon session, two days past their originally scheduled time of adjournment, finally agreeing to a record $88.7-billion state spending plan for fiscal year 2018-19. Education, a top priority for both Senate President Joe Negron and House Speaker Richard Corcoran, saw significant increases in spending for both K-12 students and Bright Futures merit-based scholarships for university and state college students.
Thursday, March 8, 2018, Tallahassee – Earlier today the Florida Senate gave its final approval to the Direct Primary Care Access Bill (House Bill 37) sponsored by Rep. Danny Burgess (R-San Antonio). The bill, previously passed by the Florida House, now heads to the Governor for his consideration. If approved, the new law would allow chiropractic physicians, among other designated disciplines, to enter into direct agreements with employers to provide primary care services to employees as a benefit, or make an arrangement with a family to provide care for a monthly fee affordable to the family or an individual.
Thursday, March 1, 2018, Tallahassee – Late yesterday a Senate subcommittee voted down a controversial bill aimed at repealing Florida’s decades-old no-fault auto insurance system, replacing it with a new at-fault system requiring drivers carry mandatory bodily injury and property damage coverage. A last-minute procedural move by the committee chair, however, effectively kept the bill alive for possible further consideration.
Your immediate action
is needed to object to a proposal seeking to repeal PIP/No-fault and increase
auto insurance premiums for all Floridians.
Saturday, February 24, 2018, Tallahassee – After over five weeks of inaction, a key Florida Senate committee announced late yesterday it will revive a controversial proposal seeking to eliminate Florida’s decades-old no-fault automobile insurance system and replace it with a mandatory bodily injury (BI) coverage requirement. With only two weeks remaining in this year’s regular session, a time when committees traditionally have completed their regular work, this development signals what we believe is an extraordinary effort to breathe new life into this fundamentally flawed proposal.
It is critical for you to take just two simple steps to protect your patients and your practice beforethe next Senate committee vote scheduled for this Wednesday, February 28th at 4:00 p.m.
FIRST:Using the links at the bottom, reach out to the members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services urging them to please vote against Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 150 (CS/SB150), the repeal of PIP/No-fault.
Saturday, February 24, 2018, Tallahassee – The tragedy in the wake of the Parkland massacre spread to Florida’s capitol this week, redirecting the legislative agenda during a week normally devoted to wrapping-up committee work to ready individual bills for final consideration on the floor. Protests and rallies, together with the attention of national news media, meant less time for lawmakers to work on the one task they are mandated to complete each year by the Constitution: passage of a state government funding plan for FY 2018-19.
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