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SB 2514: Health Care

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations

Health Care; Providing that a specified percentage of the cigarette tax, up to a specified amount, be paid annually to the Florida Consortium of National Cancer Institute Centers Program, rather than the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute; providing that certain fees deposited into the Medicaid nursing home overpayment account in the Grants and Donations Trust Fund may be used by the agency for enhanced payments to nursing facilities as specified in the General Appropriations Act or other law; expanding eligibility for long-term care services to include hospital level of care for certain individuals diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, etc. APPROPRIATION: $1,749,385,773

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2017
Last Action: 6/19/2017 - Chapter No. 2017-129, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70)
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/30/2017 Senate • Submitted for consideration by Appropriations
3/31/2017 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/05/17, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
4/5/2017 Senate • Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Appropriations; YEAS 17 NAYS 1
4/6/2017 Senate • Filed
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 323
• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/12/17
• Introduced -SJ 322
4/12/2017 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 381
• Amendment(s) adopted (211994, 559592, 796306) -SJ 382
• Amendment(s) failed (448320) -SJ 382
• Read 3rd time -SJ 383
• Passed as amended; YEAS 38 NAYS 0 -SJ 383
• The Senate requests that the House pass the bill as passed by the Senate or agree to include the bill in the Budget Conference -SJ 393
• Immediately certified -SJ 393
4/12/2017 House • In Messages
• Referred to Calendar -HJ 630
• Received -HJ 630
4/13/2017 House • Substituted for HB 5201 -HJ 662
• Read 2nd time -HJ 663
• Amendment(s) adopted (087761) -HJ 665
• Read 3rd time -HJ 665
• Passed as amended; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 -HJ 665
• Immediately certified -HJ 677
• Passed the Senate bill as amended by the House and we accede to conference -HJ 677
4/14/2017 Senate • In returning messages
4/27/2017 Senate • Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee)
4/27/2017 House • Bill placed in Conference (Appropriations Conference Committee)
• Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Representatives Brodeur (Chair), Baez, Burgess, Burton, Duran, Grall, Harrell, Jones, Magar, Mercado, Pigman, Richardson, Rommel, Stevenson, White -HJ 902
4/27/2017 Senate • Conference Committee appointed: Appropriations Conference Committee: Latvala (Chair), Flores (Vice Chair), Baxley (At Large), Benacquisto (At Large), Bradley (At Large), Braynon (At Large), Clemens (At Large), Galvano (At Large), Grimsley (At Large), Montford (At Large), Simpson (At Large); Appropriations Conference Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice/Justice: Bean (Chair), Baxley, Bracy, Clemens, Perry; Appropriations Conference Committee on General Government/Governmental Operations and Technology: Grimsley (Chair), Bean, Broxson, Campbell, Garcia, Mayfield, Rodriguez, Rouson, Torres; Appropriations Conference Committee on Health and Human Services/Health Care: Flores (Chair), Baxley, Book, Passidomo, Powell, Rader, Stargel; Appropriations Conference Committee on Higher Education/Higher Education: Galvano (Chair), Bradley, Clemens, Farmer, Lee, Simmons; Appropriations Conference Committee on Pre-K - 12 Education/Pre K - 12 Education: Simmons (Chair), Broxson, Farmer, Grimsley, Lee, Montford, Rouson, Young; Appropriations Conference Committee on the Environment and Natural Resources/Agriculture and Natural Resources: Bradley (Chair), Book, Braynon, Hutson, Latvala, Mayfield, Stewart; Appropriations Conference Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development/Transportation and Tourism: Brandes (Chair), Benacquisto, Gainer, Gibson, Passidomo, Powell, Rader, Simpson, Thurston -SJ 504
5/8/2017 Senate • Conference Committee Report received -SJ 1285
• Conference Committee Report adopted (662348) -SJ 1299
• Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 1299
5/8/2017 House • In returning messages
• Conference Committee Report considered -HJ 1405
• Conference Committee Report adopted (662348) -HJ 1406, 1416
• Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 109 NAYS 3 -HJ 1416, 1417
5/8/2017 Senate • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -SJ 1376
6/5/2017 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/16/2017 • Approved by Governor
6/19/2017 • Chapter No. 2017-129, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70)