HB 887 (2009) -  Health Care

by Zapata (CO-SPONSORS) Anderson; Jenne; Porth; Robaina; Roberson, Y.
Increases cigarette tax rate; requires Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco of DBPR to certify monthly to CFO amount of net collections derived from cigarette tax; requires division to credit specific percentages of total base allocation to specified trust funds & entities; requires H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute to use funds to secure bonds or financial products for cancer research, treatment, & related facilities; directs moneys to be deposited into Lawton Chiles Endowment Fund from specified sources; requires James & Esther King Biomedical Research Program to appropriate specified percent of program's annual funding to expand research conducted on tobacco-related illnesses; increases amount of funds allocated to Florida Center for Universal Research to Eradicate Disease; expands purpose of Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program; requires APD to apply specified revenues to fund caseload growth; designates rural hospitals for cigarette tax revenues for capital improvement projects; provides Primary Care Access Network & health centers & clinics program requirements for AHCA; subjects inventory on effective date of act to increase in taxes; repeals provisions relating to Florida Cancer Council.
Effective Date: July 1, 2009
Last Event: Died in Finance & Tax Council on Saturday, May 2, 2009 12:00 AM

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Finance & Tax Council Time: 05/02/2009 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Council Version: __
Event: H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 05/02/2009 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Now in Finance & Tax Council Time: 03/09/2009 - 5:57 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Council Version: __
Event: H Referred to Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care Time: 03/09/2009 - 5:57 PM Member: Committee: Full Appropriations Council on General Government & Health Care Version: __
Event: H Referred to Full Appropriations Council on Education & Economic Development Time: 03/09/2009 - 5:57 PM Member: Committee: Full Appropriations Council on Education & Economic Development Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health & Family Services Policy Council Time: 03/09/2009 - 5:57 PM Member: Committee: Health & Family Services Policy Council Version: __
Event: H Referred to Finance & Tax Council Time: 03/09/2009 - 5:57 PM Member: Committee: Finance & Tax Council Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/03/2009 - 10:03 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 02/13/2009 - 3:39 PM Member: Zapata Committee: Version: __