2025 florida legislature

The measure, which passed the House, is intended to detect the synthetic opioid where time-sensitive care is often the difference between life and death.

One measure would address the strain on Florida's child welfare workforce and another addresses the increasing prevalence of autism in children.

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.