Becker's Healthcare March 22, 2024
Kelly Gooch

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a package of healthcare bills designed to grow the state’s healthcare workforce, expand healthcare access and promote innovation in the industry.

The “Live Healthy” initiative, spearheaded by Florida Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, passed on the Florida House floor in February and was signed by Mr. DeSantis on March 21.

“What they [state leaders] are tackling right now are some of the biggest challenges that we face in the Sunshine State, and that’s access to health care in a reliable, reproducible, sustainable kind of a way,” said Tampa General Hospital President and CEO John Couris, who attended the bill-signing event in Bonita Springs. “We’re facing a myriad of challenges in the healthcare industry, in the...

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Topics: Govt Agencies, Health System / Hospital, Provider, Regulations, States
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