Bill > S2526

This bill makes several changes to healthcare-related programs and funding in Florida: It renames the Department of Financial Services Tobacco Settlement Clearing Trust Fund to the "Lawton Chiles Trust Fund" and appropriates $20 million annually from 2022-2023 through 2052-2053 to the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute for construction and development of a life sciences park in Pasco County. The bill also allows pharmacists and wholesalers at certain forensic facilities managed by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities to import prescription drugs from Canada under the Canadian Prescription Drug Importation Program. The bill renames the "Florida Consortium of National Cancer Institute Centers Program" to the "Casey DeSantis Cancer Research Program" and makes changes to the program's funding allocation and reporting requirements. It also requires the Department of Children and Families to make their contracts with behavioral health managing entities publicly available on their website and conduct periodic reviews of the entities' finances. Additionally, the bill allows certain Title XXI-funded children who reach age 19 to continue receiving coverage through the postpartum period, and it requires the Agency for Health Care Administration to base Medicaid nursing home reimbursement rates in accordance with minimum wage requirements.

Budget and Finance

Appropriations (Senate)

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2022/2526