As lawmakers prepare to take up the state’s health care budget, a House panel is already expecting to save the state about 11-million dollars. But, as Sascha Cordner reports, it’s at the expense of those who depend on the state’s foster care system.
Florida hospitals could see big cuts in what they’re paid for treating Medicaid patients. A key state house committee moved to include those cuts in the health and human services part of next year’s state budget today (Tuesday). Tom Flanigan reports that took place as a “who’s-who” of Florida health care took part in a ribbon cutting less than two miles from the Capitol….
The House Government Operations Appropriations subcommittee Tuesday discussed its budget proposal for the coming year. James Call reports as one way to reduce costs and promote business growth the panel is proposing a One-Stop Business Registration Portal for state licenses and permits.
A proposal to give parents a say in what to do with chronically failing schools cleared its first stops in the House and Senate Tuesday. The bills are part of a nationwide movement to get parents more involved in public school systems. But as Lynn Hatter reports, the measures are being met with both support and opposition from the same parent groups they are trying to bring together.
A clash between Florida and the Federal Government over what plan should be used to protect the state’s water bodies from pollution is on its way to being solved. The feds have given the state a chance to make up its own rules. Now Regan McCarthy reports a proposal for what those rules will be is waiting on approval from the legislature.