The Florida Regular Legislative Session began on January 9, 2024, and ended on March 8, 2024. Below is a summary of relevant health care laws that will be effective July 1, 2024, if they are approved by Governor DeSantis....more
3/20/2024
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Employee Benefits ,
Florida ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
HIV ,
Home Health Care ,
Life Sciences ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rural Health Care Program
On May 8, 2023, Governor DeSantis signed Bill CS/CS/SB 264 amending the Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act. Effective July 1, 2023, this new law will require that the offsite storage of certain personal medical...more
6/20/2023
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Cloud Storage ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Data Storage ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
Florida ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
PHI ,
State Data Privacy Laws
On June 2, 2022, Governor DeSantis signed the “Freedom First Budget” for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 for the sole purpose of increasing the minimum wage for employees and independent contractors of Medicaid providers to at least...more
9/22/2022
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Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fee-for-Service ,
Florida ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Labor Reform ,
Medicaid ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
Wage and Hour