Dara Kam - News Service of Florida
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The judge initially rejected a request to have a South Carolina psychiatrist perform the evaluations but gave the state another chance to show how findings from exams would affect “the controlling substantive issue of whether treatments at issue are experimental.”
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Under the emergency rule released Friday, 22 licenses will be available, adding to the 22 currently licensed operators. The state will accept applications April 24-28.
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The Smart & Safe Florida PAC, which has been bankrolled by cannabis operator Trulieve, submitted 294,037 valid petition signatures, enough to trigger a Florida Supreme Court review.
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The Agency for Health Care Administration, which largely oversees the Medicaid program, is using the money for legal and expert-witness fees in its push to ban Medicaid coverage for transgender treatments.
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AHCA asked for “mental examinations” on a pair of 12-year-olds who are plaintiffs in a challenge to a state rule prohibiting Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care.
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The anticipated move could double the size of the state's medical cannabis industry. The health department also made it more expensive for marijuana operators to renew their licenses every two years.
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The proceedings against Dr. Joseph Dorn, who was one of the first Florida doctors eligible to order medical marijuana for patients, have been closely watched in the state’s medical cannabis community.
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State health officials deemed the application submitted by Moton Hopkins and Hatchett Creek Farms, of which he owned 51 percent, to be the cream of the crop, but after he died decided to award the license to someone else.
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Christopher Kimball steps into the post as the state’s medical marijuana industry could be poised to double in size and as challenges pile up over the decision to award a sought-after license to a Black farmer.
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The rules prohibit doctors from prescribing puberty-blocking, hormone and hormone “antagonist” treatments for patients under 18. The rules would not apply to children already receiving treatments.