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AFP-FL backs telehealth bill with ‘Care You Can Call On’ initiative The bill would pandemic telehealth changes permanent. Americans for Prosperity-Florida launched a statewide initiative Monday in support of a bill that would update the state’s telemedicine laws. The “Care You Can Call On” initiative to highlights a bill by Reps. Tom Fabricio and  The measure would allow providers to prescribe controlled substances to patients during telehealth visits. That includes prescriptions for treating psychiatric disorders, inpatient treatment at licensed medical facili...

Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 4.8.21 Good Thursday morning. Tweet, tweet: Multiple sources close to @HalseyBeshears, fmr Sec'y of @FloridaDBPR under @GovRonDeSantis , tell @Fla_Pol that he is 'third Florida Republican' embroiled in the @MattGaetz & Joel Greenberg scandal. Sources say he recently received a "target letter" from federal investigators. pic.twitter.com/IFpyHTJhFC As the vaccine rollout continues and state case numbers hover near pandemic-era lows, businesses are reporting improved confidence they’ll be able to keep their doors...

A stark contrast, in other words, to ongoing legislative moves against cannabis. Nearly five years after 71% of Floridians voted to approve medical marijuana, a sizable number of Florida lawmakers want to slash the THC content now legally available to more than half a million registered cannabis patients. The most popular retail product, smokable flower, can contain more than 30% THC. A bloc of legislators in the Florida House, however, has decided that Floridians just don’t need that much on account of allegations that elevated amounts can cause psychosis and schizophrenia.  What’s ...

Capitol Watch for Thursday, April 1 (Source: News Service of Florida) By News Service of Florida | April 1, 2021 at 7:49 AM EDT - Updated April 1 at 7:49 AM TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (News Service of Florida) - The following events/topics are scheduled today in Tallahassee and elsewhere: RESIDENT TUITION AT ISSUE: The House Post-Secondary Education & Lifelong Learning Subcommittee will take up a bill (HB 747), filed by Rep. Fiona McFarland, R-Sarasota, and Rep. Joe Harding, R-Williston, that would ensure in-state tuition status for residents working outside of Florida for the U.S. Department of...

Florida lawmakers want to let local government regulate smoking in parks but not mask wearing One bill in the Florida Legislature would do more to preempt local control while another loosens existing preemption law.     State Rep. Manny Diaz Jr., R-Hialeah, is the sponsor of Senate Bill 1924, which would limit locally issued emergency orders to 10 days and give the governor and Legislature the power to invalidate them. [SCOTT KEELER | Times] Updated Mar. 17 TALLAHASSEE — Local government can ban a person sitting outside a Little League baseball dugout from smoking, but if that...