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SB 2526 — Health

by Appropriations Committee

This summary is provided for information only and does not represent the opinion of any Senator, Senate Officer, or Senate Office.

Prepared by: Appropriations Committee (AP)

The bill, relating to Health, conforms statutes to the funding decisions related to Health Care in the Senate General Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2022-2023. The bill:

  • Provides a $20 million appropriation, beginning in Fiscal Year 2022-2023 through Fiscal Year 2052-2053, to the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute (Moffitt) for construction and development of Moffitt’s Pasco County life sciences park.
  • Authorizes a pharmacist or wholesaler employed by or under contract with a forensic facility managed by the Agency for Persons with Disabilities for dispensing to clients treated in such center to import prescription drugs from an eligible Canadian supplier.
  • Requires the Department of Children and Families (DCF) to make contracts with managing entities available in a publicly accessible format on the DCFs website.
  • Requires the DCF to conduct a comprehensive, biennial review of the revenues, expenditures, and financial positions of managing entities covering the most recent two consecutive fiscal years.
  • Requires managing entities to provide notice to a provider before it may be removed from the managing entity’s comprehensive provider network.
  • Requires the Agency for Healthcare Administration (AHCA) to base the rates of payments in accordance with the minimum wage requirements as provided in the General Appropriations Act.
  • Provides that the Tobacco Settlement Clearing Trust Fund shall be referred to as the Lawton Chiles Trust Fund.
  • Renames the Florida Nation Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer Centers Program to the Casey DeSantis Cancer Research Program.
  • Provides Title XXI extended postpartum coverage for a Title XXI-funded child who reaches 19 years of age to be consistent with Medicaid policy if the child is ineligible for Medicaid.

If approved by the Governor, these provisions take effect July 1, 2022.

Vote: Senate 33-0; House 107-0