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While COVID-19 passports could be used to show people have been vaccinated, ban supporters say the plan strikes a “delicate balance” between protecting people and civil liberties.
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The endowment, currently valued at about $958.4 million, was created in 1999 to provide support for health care programs and biomedical research. The bill will fold it into a budget reserve.
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Advocates worry about a worker shortage that, they say, will only grow worse as more people qualify for the program unless lawmakers do something about increasing wages for people who provide services.
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The measure would regulate the sale of electronic cigarettes and raise the state’s legal age to use tobacco and vaping products from 18 to 21.
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Along with addressing the federal pandemic relief funds, the Senate on Monday decided to go along with a House plan to not reimburse the Chiles Trust Fund for $300 million that was borrowed.
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The proposal recently cleared the Florida House following emotional testimony, but its future is unclear in the Senate.
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The measure would prevent doctors from performing abortions that women seek because of tests showing that fetuses will have disabilities.
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Key decisions by Florida lawmakers included backing off hundreds of millions of dollars in proposed Medicaid cuts for hospitals and nursing homes.
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Top Senate and House budget negotiators met Wednesday but did not make public offers on health care spending.
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The program would be required to use telehealth to coordinate with prenatal home-visiting programs to provide services and education to pregnant women and to provide training to health care professionals.