Perez framed the initiative as a state-level follow-up on the health care provisions in the federal \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill,\u201d which passed earlier this year and included sweeping changes<\/a> to public health care programs, including an 80-hour-per-month work requirement for Medicaid starting in 2027.<\/p>\n Redondo\u2019s bill focuses on major public programs, including Medicaid, the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).<\/p>\n The bill would limit eligibility for certain undocumented immigrants, reduce retroactive Medicaid and CHIP coverage to two months, tighten work requirements for \u201cable-bodied adults\u201d on SNAP up to age 64 and narrow parental exemptions to those with children younger than 14. It also directs agencies to step up address checks, remove deceased recipients more quickly and bring payment error rates in line with federal standards.<\/p>\n \u201cPresident Trump\u2019s bold leadership through the One Big Beautiful Bill set the standard for real, results-driven healthcare reform, and Florida is proud to lead the way in implementing that vision at the state level,\u201d said Perez, a Miami Republican.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are taking decisive action to cut red tape, grow our healthcare workforce, expand patient choice, and protect taxpayer dollars while ensuring families can access high-quality care when they need it most. In partnership with the President\u2019s leadership, Florida is delivering real results.\u201d<\/p>\n On the market side, the bill would slash regulations such as Certificate-of-Need requirements for nursing homes, hospice providers and intermediate care facilities for people with developmental disabilities; join interstate licensure compacts for physician assistants and EMS professionals; authorize independent practice for all advanced practice registered nurses, including psychiatric nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists and clinical nurse specialists; remove supervisory caps on physician assistants; and expand the scope of practice for dental hygienists.<\/p>\n It also adds new transparency rules around out-of-network referrals and how patient payments are applied to deductibles.<\/p>\n \u201cThese policies reflect President Trump\u2019s healthcare vision, which calls for fewer bureaucratic obstacles, more providers on the frontlines, and more freedom for patients to choose where and how they receive care,\u201d said Redondo, also a Miami Republican.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Big Beautiful Healthcare Frontier Act ensures Florida is not just complying with federal reforms. We are leading their implementation to expand access, strengthen our workforce, and deliver better healthcare outcomes for families across our state.\u201d<\/p>\n The PRICE Act, meanwhile, targets prescription drug prices and Pharmacy Benefit Managers, or PBMs, who have been subject to increased scrutiny<\/a> in recent years.<\/p>\n PBMs negotiate with drug manufacturers on behalf of insurance companies to purchase drugs at reduced prices or promise additional rebates. They have been pejoratively referred to as \u201cmiddlemen<\/a>\u201d due to \u201cspread pricing\u201d \u2014 a term describing the practice of charging an insurer one price for a drug and paying the pharmacy a lower cost while pocketing the difference.<\/p>\n The PRICE Act would prohibit PBMs from forcing pharmacies to dispense drugs at a loss or steering business to PBM-affiliated manufacturers when cheaper generic or biosimilar alternatives are available. PBMs would have to reimburse out-of-network pharmacies at the same rates as in-network pharmacies, and the Office of Insurance Regulation would be directed to adopt rules governing PBM contracts.<\/p>\n It would also institute \u201cfrozen formularies,\u201d barring insurers and PBMs from dropping drugs, moving them to higher-cost tiers or otherwise raising out-of-pocket costs during a plan year, so long as manufacturers agree to keep prices stable over that period.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CMCB_8679_R2-30-Mile-Offshore-Display-Ad-and-ENL-Ad_1_251106_728x90.png\")
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