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Legislative Matrix
Understanding the issues that affect the nursing profession depends upon knowing who the legislators are in one state’s, as every state has its own laws regarding nursing and the extent to which professional nurses may administer to patients. In the Florida House of Representatives and Florida Senate, there are several committees that are designed to address pressing health care issues related to nursing and quality care provision. This paper will describe the legislators associated with theses committees.
In the Florida House there is the Health and Human Services Committee, which is chaired by Rep. Travis Cummings of District 18. Vice-chair is Rep. David Santiago of District 27. Rep. Bobby DuBose of District 94 and is the Democratic Ranking Member of the committee. Other Representatives on the committee include 5 Democrats—Lori Berman—District 90, Tracie Davis—District 13, Roy Hardemon—District 108, David Silvers—District 107 and Patricia Williams—District 92; and 11 Republicans: Jason Brodeur—District 28, Colleen Burton—District 40, James Grant—District 64, Michael Grant—District 75, Gayle Harrell—District 83, MaryLynn Magar—District 82, Ralph Massullo—District 34, Cary Pigman—District 55, Cyndi Stevenson—District 17, Frank White—District 2, Clay Yarborough—District 12 (Health and Human Services Committee, 2017).
Rep. Cummings is responsible for sponsoring several bills for the committees he is a member of that are presently active. These are (“Sponsored Bills of Representative W. Travis Cummings,” 2017):
2018
HB 2121
Northeast Florida Area Agency on Aging - Home Delivered Meals
Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
2018
HB 2127
Clay Behavioral Health-Crisis Prevention Team
Now in Appropriations Committee
2018
HB 2139
Auditory Oral Early Intervention Project for Children with Hearing Loss...
Program)
Now in Justice Appropriations Subcommittee
2018
HB 3361
Orange Park Medical Center Behavioral Health Indigent Care
Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
2018
HB 3529
Family Support Services of North Florida - Services to At-Risk Youth or Those in Out of Home Care
Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
2018
HB 3531
Challenge Enterprises of North Florida, Inc. - Club Challenge
Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
2018
HB 3841
University of Florida Lastinger Center- Trauma Informed Care for School Resource Officers
Now in Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
2018
HB 3843
St. Vincent's Healthcare - Saving Lives Project
Now in Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
2018
HB 6531
Relief/Shuler Limited Partnership/Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Now in Civil Justice & Claims Subcommittee
The most famous representative of Florida is the state representative for District 23 in Florida—Debbie Wasserman Schultz. She is a member of the Democratic Party and is one of 120 members of Florida’s House of Representatives and is former head of the DNC, which is currently involved in a scandal…
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Hain, D., Fleck, L. (2014). Barriers to nurse practitioner practice that impact healthcare redesign. OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 19(2).
HB 543. (2017). Florida Senate. Retrieved from https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/543
Health and Human Services Committee. (2017). Florida House of Representatives. Retrieved from http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Committees/committeesdetail.aspx?CommitteeId=2915
IOM. (2012). The future of nursing. Retrieved from http://nacns.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/5-IOM-Report.pdf
Sponsored Bills of Representative Gayle B. Harrell. (2017). Florida House of Representatives. Retrieved from http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/sponsoredbills.aspx?MemberId=4211&SessionId=86
Sponsored Bills of Representative W. Travis Cummings. (2017). Florida House of Representatives. Retrieved from http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/sponsoredbills.aspx?MemberId=4540&SessionId=86
H.R. Health Policy and Politics In Support of H.R. 80: Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Research and Education Act of 2013 Sender's Name Sender's Address Tel [HIDDEN] Honorable Kathy Castor 14th District of Florida 4144 N. Armenia Ave., Suite 300 Tel [HIDDEN] In Support of H.R. 80: Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Research and Education Act of 2013 Dear Mrs. Castor: I am writing to urge your support for H.R. 80, a bill sponsored by Representative Sheila Lee (D, TX) and introduced into the House
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:
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Healthcare Health Care Law Ethics Health care over the years has become one of the most important debates to take place within the United States of America. This fact holds particularly true for the major part of the Obama Administrations whose New Health Care policies has been criticized extremely (Zhi Qu, 2010). The world, however, is still waiting for the final curtain to rise and to witness the climax which would be
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