Florida House Panel Backs Bills to Change SNAP, Medicaid, Trim Health Care Worker Rules

Planned Parenthood on Medicaid chopping block, SNAP work requirements moving in the House

The Legislature may be poised to copy federal law and ban Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood. The House Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee voted along partisan lines to green-light HB 693, sponsored by Rep. Mike Redondo, a Miami Republican who is in line to be Speaker of the House following the 2030 elections. Specific to Planned Parenthood, the bill would amend Florida’s Medicaid statutes to prevent payment to any “prohibited en…

Florida House panel backs bills to change SNAP, Medicaid, trim health care worker rules

A Florida House panel Thursday backed a wide-ranging plan that seeks to trim health-care regulations and carry out federal changes in programs such as food stamps and Medicaid.

House subcommittee advances wide-ranging healthcare measure

A wide-ranging health and human services measure advanced in the Florida House on Thursday after clearing its first committee stop. The Florida House of Representatives Health Care Facilities & Systems Subcommittee voted favorably on HB 693, sending the bill to the full Health & Human Services Committee for further consideration. The legislation, if adopted, would make  changes to Florida law governing Medicaid, food assistance, health care regu…

Florida House panel backs major health care bill

A Florida House panel backed a wide-ranging plan that seeks to trim health-care regulations and carry out federal changes in programs such as food stamps and Medicaid.

Major Health Care Bill OK'd in House

TALLAHASSEE — A Florida House panel Thursday backed a wide-ranging plan that seeks to trim health-care regulations and carry out federal changes in programs such as food stamps and Medicaid.