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The Florida Bar defines "health law" as "legal issues involving federal, state, or local law, rules or regulations and health care provider issues, regulation of providers, legal issues regarding relationships between and among providers, legal issues regarding relationships between providers and payers, and legal issues regarding the delivery of health care services."
In addition, health care providers would be required to say they do not provide gender-affirming treatment to minors; if they do not provide this statement, they could lose their license. [13] [14] The law also criminalizes this care, violation is a Class 3 Felony in Florida with a maximum fine of $5000 or 5 years in jail.
Conscience clauses are legal clauses attached to laws in some parts of the United States and other countries which permit pharmacists, physicians, and/or other providers of health care not to provide certain medical services for reasons of religion or conscience. It can also involve parents withholding consenting for particular treatments for ...
Under Florida’s newly proposed House Bill 1421, gender-affirming health care including puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries will be outlawed for transgender minors. Transgender adults…
The goal of the law is to increase the transparency of financial relationships between health care providers and pharmaceutical manufacturers and to uncover potential conflicts of interest. [1] The bill allows states to enact "additional requirements", as six states already had industry-pay disclosure laws. [2]
With the legislative session coming up, lawmakers must prioritize the state's healthcare needs, especially in mental health and transparency.
In June 2019, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 21 into law, eliminating major portions of Florida’s CON program for hospitals, rehabilitation beds and hospital services, thereby removing many legal barriers to the expansion of health care services across Florida. [10]
Health care providers often receive payments for their services rendered from health insurance providers. In the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services defines a health care provider as any "person or organization who furnishes, bills, or is paid for health care in the normal course of business." [1] [2]