Senate President Kathleen Passidomo's proposal to fortify a network of providers, including dental hygienists to physicians, to prepare for the aging Baby Boomers who call the Sunshine State home has been sent to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The Governor will have 15 days to sign the bill, veto it or allow it to become law without his signature. But in recent years, the Governor has gotten bills sent to him shortly before he acts.
Three of the bills account for more than $1.27 billion in health care spending, with the largest appropriation ($717,105,294) reserved for SB 7016.
The bill earmarks $134.6 million to enhance hospital Medicaid reimbursement rates to support moms and babies during labor and delivery; $5 million for LINE and PIPELINE programs to strengthen health care workforce development partnerships; and $50 million for graduate medical education to expand Slots for Doctors, creating 500 new residency slots to address workforce shortages.
SB 330 allows up to nine facilities to earn the "behavioral teaching hospital" designation and therefore qualify for the additional hundreds of millions in funds associated with the title. By designating behavioral health teaching hospitals, which would be required to be affiliated with state medical schools, the bill aims to fortify the state's workforce as well as support a behavioral health education system. The bill appropriates $513 million to these new behavioral health teaching hospitals.
SB 1758 directs the Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) to offer waiver services to individuals who have been on a waitlist — which is now called preenrollment — for iBudget services. The bill appropriates $38,852,223 in recurring funds for the program.
The bill also directs APD and the Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with other stakeholders, to jointly develop a comprehensive plan for the administration, finance and delivery of home- and community-based services through a new home- and community-based services Medicaid waiver program.
The fourth bill (SB 7018) appropriates $50 million in nonrecurring funds to a health care innovation fund in the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget and establishes in statute the intent for the Legislature to appropriate $50 million in nonrecurring funds for the next decade.
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