Health Care Policy Legislative Matrix

Health policy in Florida basically entails the development and enactment of laws and regulations to govern the state’s healthcare system. The process of formulating healthcare policy in this state involves various initiatives by policymakers towards addressing the most pressing healthcare issues. Some of the recent healthcare policy initiatives in the state are shown in the legislative matrix below:

Bill ID/Topic
Sponsor & Co-sponsors
Assigned Committees
Senate Bill 8-A
Medical Use of Marijuana
Sponsor: Senator Rob Bradley
Co-sponsor: Senator Dana D. Young
Appropriations, Environmental Preservation and Conservation, Banking and Insurance, Criminal Justice, Judiciary, Rules, and Joint Legislative Budget Commission
Health Policy, Appropriations, Commerce and Tourism, Regulated Industries, Joint Committee on Public Counsel Oversight, and Communications, Energy, and Public Utilities
HB 7097
Direct Support Organization of the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Health Quality Subcommittee (Approved by Governor Rick Scott)
Health Quality Subcommittee
HB 5203
Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Jason Brodeur
Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
CS/CS/HB 1307
Physician Assistant Workforce Surveys
Sponsor: Rene Plasencia Co-sponsor: Cyndi Stevenson
Health and Human Services Committee, Health Quality Subcommittee
CS/CS/HB 543
Regulation of Health Care Practitioners
Cary Pigman (sponsor) Co-sponsors: Roy Hardemon and Evan Jenne
Health and Human Services Committee, Health Innovation Subcommittee
HB 229
Health Care Practitioner Licensure
Sponsor: State Rep. Cord Byrd
Co-sponsors: Bob Cortes, Scott Plakon, Paul Renner, and Cyndi Stevenson
Health and Human Services Committee, Health Quality Subcommittee