News Service of Florida
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The hearing had been scheduled for Tuesday, but U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard approved a continuance until Dec. 13 because the state’s lead lawyer was diagnosed this weekend with pneumonia.
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The bills would direct the Florida Department of Health to develop a program that would contract with vendors to “increase water safety in this state."
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Currently, the state park system mostly follows the Florida Clean Indoor Air Act, which bars smoking inside buildings.
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Lawmakers, including Rep. Karen Gonzalez Pittman, R-Tampa, have filed proposals that would allow Medicaid beneficiaries with “serious mental illness” to avoid a practice known as step therapy in receiving medications.
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The proposals would direct state agencies to maintain a website that provides “information and links to public and private resources for expectant families and new parents.”
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The state Office of Insurance Regulation matched a 15.1 percent decrease requested in August by the National Council on Compensation Insurance, which makes rate filings for the industry.
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Under the proposal, each “offsite” pharmacist would be able to remotely supervise up to six pharmacy technicians.
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The Senate Health Policy Committee will hold a workshop Tuesday “to begin the process of fine-tuning ideas, putting pen to paper, and of course, hearing more input from stakeholders.”
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The Florida Health Care Association wrote to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services warning that most facilities could not meet the “arbitrary and unfunded mandates."
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A federal judge will hear arguments in Jacksonville on a request for a preliminary injunction that would require Medicaid officials to reinstate coverage to people dropped during the "unwinding."