2025 florida legislature

The bill drew debate in the Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee because it would expand what is known as the “Florida Patient’s Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.”

A Senate version advanced through another committee, although lawmakers on both sides of the aisle see problems in the measure.

Legislators are working to make Children's Medical Services more cost-efficient by transferring its operations to another agency. Critics think it could stymie care for kids.

The measure would roll back legal protections surrounding doctor-patient confidentiality and end behavioral risk-screening questionnaires used by medical professionals.

Bills in the Legislature would define an unborn person as a homosapien at any stage of fetal development. The measure would also give families the chance to sue if the unborn child dies from negligence.

Global chemical manufacturer Bayer wants the high court to take up a Missouri case in which a gardener who used Roundup was awarded more than $1 million after developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

The legislation would clear the way for “medical benefit plans” that would not be subject to the same state and federal regulations as insurance. The House will soon vote on a version of the bill.

The bill would clear the way for “medical benefit plans” for farmers that would not be subject to the same state and federal regulations as health insurance.

The measure would allow direct-support professionals or relatives to administer the shot in an facility licensed by the state Agency for Persons With Disabilities. Currently, only nurses can do so.

A subcommittee advanced a package dubbed the "Florida Farm Bill." Targets include "any additive" to water "for health-related purposes” and labeling of plant-based food as meat, milk, poultry and egg.