NSG6002 Health Policy and Health Promotion
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Legislative Matrix
Local, state, and federal legislators play an instrumental role in shaping health policy and regulations for the purposes of promoting the health and wellbeing of their constituents. While a number of these legislative efforts often fail, many that pass go a long way towards enhancing the health of the populace. In the jurisdiction of Miami Florida, the legislators with the potential of influencing health policy include the governor, state senators, state representatives, federal senators, and federal congressional representatives. To ensure that the laws and regulations passed are responsive to the needs of Floridians, these legislators must put the publics’ best interest at heart. The matrix presented below highlights the legislative accomplishments that various legislators from Florida have been able to complete with specific emphasis on the arena of health promotion and disease prevention.
Governor’s Bill (s)
Bill ID/Topic Author/Title Committees and Appointments Description Position HR 1608 Rick Scott (R) The American Health Care Act
GOP Congressional Leadership Committee Governor Scott supports the bill that seeks to authorize the amendment and replacement of the Affordable Care Act. This bill would repeal parts of the ACA within the federal budget scope including the provisions related to employer mandates, individual mandates, in addition to other modifications in the Medicaid program (Scott, 2017). It also repeals other provisions including those related to preexisting conditions. Support
State Senator’s Bill (s)
Bill ID/Topic Author/Title Committees and Appointments Description Position HB 221 Carlos Trujillo (R) Health and Human Services Committee
Insurance and Banking Subcommittee
This bill requires a specified health insurance plan to offer specified coverage for Down syndrome coverage, requiring a pharmacy benefits manager or health insurer to use only a certain pre-designated form. HB 221 also requires ambulatory surgical centers, hospitals, urgent care centers and specialty hospitals to comply with various provisions enshrined in the Florida Nurse Practice Act as a condition for licensure (Herrle, 2015). The bill additionally underscores requirements for settlement offers between health plans and certain providers in a specified dispute resolution program. Sponsored HB 1263 Anitere Flores (R) Health Policy Committee HB 1263 requires any ordinance pertaining to septic tanks inspection to consist of an assessment undertaken once every five years to identify system failures and determine operational condition (The Florida Senate, 2018). The bill also requires a qualified contractor to perform the assessment and prohibits local ordinance from repair of modification of the septic tank unless the evaluation carried out identifies a system failure. Moreover, HB 1263 specifies that the state of Florida will make contacts with providers to offer treatment for patients with active tuberculosis at designated statewide hospitals. Support
State Representative’s Bill (s)
Bill ID/Topic Author/Title Committees and Appointments Description Position HB 41 Jackie Toledo (R) Health and Human Services Committee The bill places into law a program seeking to dissuade women from having an abortion. This program, “the pregnancy support services program”, provides financial support as well as other forms of incentives to pregnant women through an alliance of pregnancy support organizations (Florida College Access Network, 2018). Apart from providing support and services to pregnant women, the bill requires the Department of Health to contract with statewide not-for-profit alliances and encourages carrying pregnancies to term. It additionally requires services be offered in a non-coercive manner and forbids inclusion of religious content during service delivery. Sponsored
Federal Senator’s Bill (s)
Bill ID/Topic Author/Title Committees and Appointments Description Position S. 2358 Marco Rubio (R) Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions This bill mandates the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to initiate an interagency study regarding access to lung cancer preventive services, status of lung cancer in women, as well as education campaigns and public awareness on lung cancer (govtrack.us, 2018). The study must incorporate a comprehensive report on knowledge gaps related to lung cancer among women and recommendations for national lung cancer screening strategy, importance of early screening, and recommendations for the development of a nationwide educational campaign for lung cancer. Sponsored S. 1526 Bill Nelson (D) Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs S. 1526 approves, appropriates, and authorizes funds for the veterans’ choice program and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care. The bill expands eligibility for the VA family caregiver program to include services such as financial planning, childcare, and legal services for veterans or members of the armed forces who became ill on active duty or received serious injuries prior to September 11, 2001 (govtrack.us, 2018). Under S. 1526, the VA may also record as a United States federal obligation amounts owed for medical services or hospital care provided at non-VA facilities when the payment claim of the health care provider receives approval rather than when Veterans Affairs authorizes such services or care. Support
Federal Congressman’s Bill (s)
Bill ID/Topic Author/Title Committees and Appointments Description Position HR 4626 Mario Diaz-Balart (R) Senate Foreign Relations Committee The main provisions in this bill include reducing restrictions on Medicaid reimbursements for mental health facilities and psychiatric hospitals through allowing Medicaid to pay for psychiatric patients who stay at these facilities for up to 14 days (The Florida Senate, 2018). The bill also authorizes new grants for mental health programs including a HHS program dedicated to educating the public about mental health. In addition, it eases the health care providers’ ability to share information about mental health with caregivers or family members of the patient. Support
References
Florida College Access Network. (2018). 2018 Florida Legislative Preview. Retrieved from http://floridacollegeaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/2018-Florida-Legislative-Preview-FCAN.pdf
govtrack.us. (2018). Sen. Bill Nelson. Retrieved from https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/bill_nelson/300078
govtrack.us. (2018). Sen. Marco Rubio. Retrieved from https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/marco_rubio/412491
Herrle, B. (2015). Health care burden compounded by surprise medical bills. Retrieved from http://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/fl-viewpoint-health-care-20151111-story.html
Scott, R. (2017). Rick Scott: GOP shouldn’t hesitate to repeal Obamacare. CNN , pp. https://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/27/opinions/republicans-shouldnt-hesitate-to-repeal-obamacare-rick-scott/index.html.
The Florida Senate. (2018). Find your legislators. Retrieved from https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/Find
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