Florida Senate

The Florida Senate and the Florida House have passed their budgets for the 2014 legislative session.From a Florida Senate news release, here is a look at…

The Senate Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee voted to combine three child welfare bills into one (SB 1666) on Wednesday, the News…

E-mails to physicians, nurse practitioners, nursing-home administrators and pharmacists are flying around the state, urging them to focus on action in…

A bill that would create a pilot program for state employees to find the least-expensive doctors and hospitals when they need certain elective medical…

Part of the plan to reform Florida’s child-welfare system would update the financial and accountability rules for the organizations that provide adoption,…

Ernestine Marshall's every move is being watched: morning, noon and night. Motion-activated sensors are everywhere in her Tampa apartment: on the toilet,…

For the second consecutive week, Florida’s Senate Health Policy Committee delayed voting on a comprehensive telemedicine bill.Chairman Aaron Bean,…

The Florida Senate is again considering new safety regulations for parasailing operators in the wake of high-profile deaths and accidents, the News…

A Republican state senator wants Florida to use federal Medicaid expansion money to help low-income Floridians purchase health insurance, the Times/Herald…

Two Florida lawmakers were in Washington, D.C. Wednesday morning to share their perspective on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. State Sen.…