News Service of Florida

The two bills released aim to cut regulations, expand provider authority and reduce prescription costs, advancing what lawmakers describe as President Donald Trump’s health vision for the state.

The bill would provide $25 million aimed at helping physicians, physician assistants and APRNs set up practices in rural communities and increase Medicaid payments for “critical access” hospitals.

The Appropriations Committee is scheduled to take up Senate President Ben Albritton's priority "rural renaissance" bill next week, possibly sending it before the full chamber after the session starts in January.

The Florida Education Association and United Faculty of Florida file an administrative challenge contending that state education officials overstepped their legal authority in moving forward with the proposal.

The Legislature this year approved 22 circuit judges and 15 county judges.

The 138-page bill would provide $25 million for a new program aimed at helping physicians, physician assistants and APRNs set up practices in rural communities.

A renewed attempt to repeal a controversial law on seeking "non-economic" damages has passed through the committee stage and is ready for the full House when the session begins in January.

The measure, in part, would add “unborn child” to a law that allows family members to seek damages when a person's death is caused by such things as negligence.

The proposal adds marijuana to a series of outdoor public places where smoking tobacco is already banned.

Florida's attorney general alleges the nonprofit's claim that mifeprestone and misoprostol are safer than Tylenol is “manifestly false” and “badly misleads" women.