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H0165 - Sampling of Beach Waters and Public Bathing Spaces
Health & Human Services Committee, Water Quality, Supply & Treatment Subcommittee, Peggy Gossett-Seidman
Last updated 3 months ago
33 Co-Sponsors
Revises provisions related to bacteriological sampling of beach waters & public bathing places, including rule adoption & enforcement; issuance of health advisories; closure of beach waters & public bathing places; & notification & signage requirements.
STATUS
Vetoed
H0483 - Computer Science Education
Choice & Innovation Subcommittee, Karen Gonzalez Pittman
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establishes Artificial Intelligence in Education Task Force within DOE; provides requirements for such task force.
STATUS
Failed
H0393 - School Teacher Training and Mentoring Program
Yvonne Hayes Hinson, Karen Gonzalez Pittman, Johanna Lopez
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Establishes School Teacher Training & Mentoring Program within DOE; & provides requirements for program.
STATUS
Failed
H0491 - Access to Appropriate Medications for Serious Mental Illness
Karen Gonzalez Pittman
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requires AHCA to approve drug products for Medicaid recipients for treatment of serious mental illness without step-therapy prior authorization; directs agency to include rate impact of this act in certain program rates that become effective on specified date.
STATUS
Failed
H1591 - Medicaid Billing for Behavioral Health Services
Karen Gonzalez Pittman
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Authorizes advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants services to be billed under supervising physician's Medicaid provider under certain circumstances.
STATUS
Failed
H1543 - Prescription Drug Coverage
Karen Gonzalez Pittman
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Requires individual & group health insurers & HMOs to provide notice of prescription drug formulary changes within certain timeframe to current & prospective insureds & subscribers & treating physicians; specifies requirements for notice of medical necessity submitted by treating physician; specifies coverage requirement & restrictions on coverage modification by insurers & HMOs receiving notice of medical necessity; requires insurers & HMOs to maintain record of formulary changes; requires insurers & HMOs to annually submit specified report to OIR by specified date; requires office to annually compile certain data & prepare report, make report publicly accessible on its website, & submit report to Governor & Legislature by specified date; requires small employer carriers to comply with certain requirements for prescription drug formulary changes.
STATUS
Failed
H1027 - Single-sex Student Organizations
Karen Gonzalez Pittman
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates Single-Sex Student Organizations' Bill of Rights; provides requirements for institutions of higher education & single-sex student organizations; providing penalties.
STATUS
Failed
H0437 - Anchoring Limitation Areas
Infrastructure Strategies Committee, Agriculture, Conservation & Resiliency Subcommittee, Juan Carlos Porras
Last updated 4 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Revises anchoring limitation areas in certain sections of Biscayne Bay in Miami-Dade County; revises documentation & evidence criteria for proving location of vessel within anchoring limitation area.
STATUS
Passed
H0885 - Coverage for Biomarker Testing
Select Committee on Health Innovation, Health & Human Services Committee, Karen Gonzalez Pittman
Last updated 3 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Requires DMS to provide coverage of biomarker testing for specified purposes for state employees' state group health insurance plan policies; authorizes AHCA to pay for biomarker testing under Medicaid program for specified purposes, subject to specific appropriations; requires managed care plans under contract with agency in Medicaid program to provide coverage for biomarker testing for Medicaid recipients in certain manner; specifies circumstances under which such coverage may be provided; requires clear, convenient, & readily accessible process for authorization requests for biomarker testing.
STATUS
Passed
H1501 - Health Care Innovation
Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee, Karen Gonzalez Pittman, Johanna Lopez
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Creates Health Care Innovation Council within DOH for specified purpose; requires council to submit annual reports to Governor & Legislature; requires department to administer revolving loan program for applicants seeking to implement certain health care innovations in this state; authorizes department to contract with third party to administer program, including loan servicing, & manage revolving loan fund.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Florida district HD-065
COMMITTEES
Florida House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Karen Gonzalez Pittman is vice president of The Raben Group. Previously, she served as deputy director of public engagement at the White House and as Hispanic media director for Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Pittman also led Senate Democratic Outreach under Democratic Leader Harry Reid and served in the White House Office of Public Liaison during the Clinton Administration. She has a record of service that includes distinguished work with nonprofits and in the private sector.read less
OFFICES HELD
Florida House from Florida
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