This Session has been challenging for organized medicine with House Speaker Jose Oliva's primary focus on expanding scope of practice for advanced practice registered nurses.
FSP's delegates to the FMA, Dr. Harvey Feld, Dr. Antonio Martinez, and Dr. Patricia Moody McNab attended the Florida Medical Association 2019 Annual Meeting and House of Delegates on August 9-11 in Orlando, Florida to represent our membership and pathologists from the state of Florida.
The 2019 Florida legislative session has officially ended on Saturday, May 5th, a day later than originally scheduled due to delayed budget negotiations. The FSP had a great deal of issues we were working on, but altogether we came out unscathed this Session.
FSP Legislative Consultant, Amy Young, provides an update of the Florida Legislative Session as of week three. We are actively monitoring several bills for the best interests of our pathologist members.
Tuesday night was a great night for the candidates that we, with your help, supported financially. The vast majority of incumbents in the Senate and House were also successful.
We have been busy at work in Tallahassee in preparation for the 2018 Session which convenes on January 9, 2018. Legislators have been holding committee hearings since September and we have four more weeks in Tallahassee even before Session begins.