Budget Update
Lawmakers moved closer this week to crafting a FY 2021-22 State
Budget. Senate and House full budget committees met this week
to pass their respective spending plans (SB 2500 and HB 5001) teeing them
up for debate, possible amendments, and passage on the full floor
of the chambers. Budget conference will be called subsequently to
hammer out remaining differences, including spending on education,
health care and the environment.
Currently the House spends $97.1 billion, while the Senate is
at $95 billion. Both chambers are proposing putting aside $5
billion for reserves. Although, COVID has taken a toll on budget
revenues over the last year, actual revenues have been consistently
1/29/2021
Florida Launches Statewide Preregistration System for COVID-19 Vaccine Appointments
Today, the state announced the launch of a statewide preregistration system to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments for individuals 65 and older and frontline health care workers. Individuals can pre-register for vaccine appointments and be notified when appointments are available in their area by visiting myvaccine.fl.gov.
This website will allow individuals who are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine to be proactively contacted when vaccine appointments are available at state-supported vaccination sites. On the site, residents can select their county and submit their contact information. Once appointments are available, individuals will be contacted by phone call, text or email and will be assisted in scheduling an appointment.
By Joel Malkin
Feb 3, 2021
The Florida Department of Health is calling for an audit of the Palm Beach County Health Care District after more than 1,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were destroyed.
District CEO Darcy Davis addressed the incident to county commissioners on Tuesday. It was a single isolated incident. It was a human error and it had absolutely no impact on patient safety.
She says a generator on a mobile vaccination unit was not turned on overnight and that led to a refrigerator containing the 232 vials of the Pfizer vaccine to rise above the recommended temperature. We reached out to the manufacturer and confirmed that it was not viable and it was taken from the site. New vaccine was brought in immediately.
More than 1,000 vaccine doses were damaged in South Florida, and state calls for audit Michelle Marchante, The Miami Herald
Feb. 3 More than 1,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses were damaged last month in Palm Beach County, according to the Florida Department of Health. Now, the state is calling for an audit of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County to find out what s going on. It is a tragedy that even one dose of this critical resource would go to waste and not be used to save a life from COVID-19, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees said in a news release Wednesday announcing the audit.
By Joel Malkin
Feb 3, 2021
The Florida Department of Health is calling for an audit of the Palm Beach County Health Care District after more than 1,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were destroyed.
District CEO Darcy Davis addressed the incident to county commissioners on Tuesday. It was a single isolated incident. It was a human error and it had absolutely no impact on patient safety.
She says a generator on a mobile vaccination unit was not turned on overnight and that led to a refrigerator containing the 232 vials of the Pfizer vaccine to rise above the recommended temperature. We reached out to the manufacturer and confirmed that it was not viable and it was taken from the site. New vaccine was brought in immediately.