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FL

Florida 2026 Regular Session

Health Policy Dec 9th, 2025

Health Policy

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  • improving prevention and accessibility.
  • improving prevention and accessibility.
  • evaluate those program outcomes, disseminate project outcomes and best practices, and really improve
  • not prevent aggressive interventions.
  • for Orlando Health Prevention and Wellness, and the internal medicine education director.
Summary: The committee first received an update from the Department of Health on the Cancer Connect Collaborative, the Cancer Innovation Fund, and the new Cancer Connect Collaborative Research Incubator, created and expanded by recent legislation. The department reported that the Cancer Innovation Fund has awarded $80 million to 95 researchers to date, with $60 million available in the current cycle and 65 projects funded across 28 institutions in 16 cancer areas last year. The new pediatric cancer incubator received $30 million and awarded four Florida children’s hospitals $7.5 million each. Senators asked about outreach to oncologists statewide, peer review and accountability, funding for National Cancer Institute-affiliated institutions, and whether underserved and rural areas are being prioritized; the department said it uses website notices, listservs, collaborative outreach, and eligibility criteria favoring rural and high-cancer-care providers, and that it monitors projects through reports, expenditures, and contract provisions. The committee then heard Senate Bill 312 on patient-directed medical orders, which would create a voluntary, portable, physician-authorized electronic registry for patients to document end-of-life and serious-illness treatment preferences. Supporters, including nurses, hospice and emergency care advocates, and medical professionals, said the bill would help ensure patient wishes are accessible in emergencies, reduce unwanted interventions, and improve continuity of care. Opponents, including Florida Right to Life, argued the bill could broaden end-of-life decisions too far, raise privacy and coercion concerns, and allow withdrawal of care inappropriately. The sponsor said the measure is intended to support patient autonomy and is not anti-life, and noted she was open to amendments. After public testimony, the committee voted on SB 312 and reported it favorably. The roll call showed support from Senators Berman and Harrell, with the bill passing on the committee vote. The meeting then adjourned.
AZ

Arizona 2026 Regular Session

03/09/2026 - House Health & Human Services

Health & Human Services

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  • And this amendment and this bill will authorize an employee to complete the service and file the required
  • My name is Robert Whitley, and I'm a sergeant with the City of Phoenix Police Department Crisis Intervention
  • And I did it, and thank goodness it was fine.
  • And being 32 years old, not thinking I needed to ever go and have a checkup or a mammogram this early
  • Preventative care is important, especially early on. That really threw me off.