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Abortion etc.: Time to pay attention
From women's health to workers' comp, today holds a raft of issues up for grabs. It follows a day that saw a slew of other health issues live or die. It's that time in the Legislative session where, if you snooze, you lose. Some bills are dying from outright no-votes, but more die from neglect, falling through cracks between committees. The fun starts at 12:30 in ...
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Abortion etc.: Time to pay attention
From women's health to workers' comp, today holds a raft of issues up for grabs. It follows a day that saw a slew of other health issues live or die. It's that time in the Legislative session where, if you snooze, you lose. Some bills are dying from outright no-votes, but more die from neglect, falling through cracks between committees. Today's Senate Health Regulation...
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State workers’ drug-testing bill gets 2nd wind
Update: Tuesday afternoon, the House Appropriations Committee passed an amended bill allowing state agencies to conduct random drug screens on state employees. The vote was 15 to 8. The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to reconsider the issue of drug-testing state workers this afternoon, but the version that will come up is slimmer than before. Rep. Jimmie Smith, sponsor of CS/HB...
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Consumers may not lose medical-board seats
The state’s association for physician assistants has agreed to drop its request for one of the consumer slots on each medical board, the group’s chief lobbyist said today. Consumers currently hold three of 15 seats on the Florida Board of Medicine and just two of seven on the Board of Osteopathic Medicine. One of the seats from each board would have been given to a physician...
