Prescribing, insurance changes get last-minute approval from Florida lawmakers

Florida lawmakers Friday approved measures that would expand the drug-prescribing powers of advanced registered nurse practitioners and address a controversial health-insurance issue known as "balance billing." In a flurry of maneuvering at the end of the annual legislative session, lawmakers also approved an insurance change that will benefit people with Down syndrome — an issue dear to Senate President Andy Gardiner, whose son has Down syndrome. Gardiner has made helping people with developmental…
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