Legislative Matrix

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Elected Official

Assigned Committees

Active Legislation Bills

Past Legislative Initiatives

Ron DeSantis,

Governor of Florida

TBA committee

Expanded use of association health plans

None

Debbie Mayfield,

Florida State Senator

TBA committee

Amend the Florida Insurance Code to provide extra consumer protections through prohibiting a health maintenance organization (HMO) or a health insurer from eliminating covered prescription drugs from their formulary except in open enrollment with limited exceptions.

None

Bill Posey,

US House of Representatives

Financial services (Science, Space & Technology)

To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect the pain-capable unborn children, as well as for other purposes

None

Thad Altman,

State House of Representatives

The Education Committee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; the Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; the Higher Education and Career Readiness Subcommittee; the Public Integrity and Ethics Committee; and the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee

None

None

Marco Rubio,

Appropriations, aging, foreign relations and intelligence committees.

Repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Cary Pigman,

Member of the Florida House of Representatives

Health and human services committee

None

Health Care Access; Enables independent advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who meet particular criteria to practice specialized or advanced nursing without physician presence, supervision or protocol by registering with the Board of Nursing; allows Florida-licensed health care professionals to make use telehealth; established tax credit for the health insurers; provides standards of care; & HMOs covering telehealth services and provides appropriation

Rick Scott,

US senator

TBA

None

None

Jeff Brandes,

Member of the Florida Senate

TBA

None

CS/CB 1594

References

Martin, R. L. & Toney-Butler, T. J. (2018). Florida Nursing Laws and Rules. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532859/.

Florida Board of Nursing. (2018). Florida Board of Nursing. Retrieved from https://floridasnursing.gov/resources/.