2018 FPA Contribution Strategy RECOMMENDATIONS
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2018 FPA Contribution Strategy RECOMMENDATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Rep. Cord Byrd (REP) District 11 Rep. Byrd sponsored our collaborative practice bill this year and worked very closely with the FPA to try and push the bill to the finish line. He would be an excellent choice to carry the bill again next year. Rep. Byrd was on Health Quality Committee and voted for our Test and Treat bill. Rep. Travis Cummings (REP) District 18 Rep. Cummings was Chair of the Health and Human Services committee and very helpful in pushing our PBM bill through. He is supportive of collaborative practice as well. Rep. Paul Renner (REP) District 24 Rep. Renner has been concerned with PBM maleficence since we ran our closed networks bill in 2016. He was written a letter to AHCA to look into PBM behavior and has been supportive of our issues since being elected in a special election in 2015. He was elected Speaker-Designate by his class so will prove to be a powerful ally. Rep. David Santiago (REP) District 27 Rep. Santiago sponsored our PBM bill this year and has made it his mission to tackle the PBM problem head on next year as well. He proved to be an excellent and effective bill sponsor and he will continue to be a great sponsor for PBM legislation. Rep. Amy Mercado (DEM) District 48 Rep. Mercado was on Health Quality and Health Care Appropriations Committees. She voted in favor of our Collaborative Practice and Test and Treat bills in their first committee stop. She was also supportive of our PBM legislation though she was not on the relevant committees, she did talk to her collogues in support. Rep. Rene Plasencia (REP) District 50 Rep. Plasencia sponsored the Test and Treat bill this session. He was an excellent sponsor and was great relationships with leadership, including Speaker-Designate Olivia and Chair Cummings. Rep. Erin Grall (REP) District 54 Rep. Grall was on Health Care Appropriations this year. She was skeptical about Collaborative Practice but is open to hearing all sides. This is a relationship we think will be important moving forward as she is on a leadership track because of her loyalty to leadership and her ability as a legislator. Rep. Cary Pigman (REP) District 55 Rep. Pigman is an ER doctor and our greatest ally for Collaborative Practice and Test and Treat bills. His testimony can often sway votes in our favor and he has spoken in our favor at every relevant committee. Rep. Byron Donalds (REP) District 80 Rep. Donalds was a Prime Co-Sponsor of Test and Treat alongside Rep. Plasencia. He is very supportive of collaborative practice issues and our PBM issue. He voted in favor of the Test and Treat and Collaborative Practice bills. Rep. David Silvers (DEM) District 87 Rep. Silvers voted in favor of both the Test and Treat and Collaborative Practice bills in Health Quality last Session. Rep. Nick Duran (DEM) District 112 Rep. Duran wanted to sponsor a bill for us this year that would have prevented PBMs from including gag clauses in their contracts. He ended up working with Rep. Santiago to include this piece in the PBM bill. Rep. Perez (REP) District 116 Rep. Perez is a newer member who was elected in a special election last year. He was supportive of our pharmacy issues because his wife is a pharmacist. He voted in favor of our Test and Treat and Collaborative Practice bills last year. Rep. Raschein (REP) District 120 Rep. Raschein voted in favor of our PBM bill and helped us educate fellow members of the Appropriations Committee on the importance of PBM oversight. She has been a long-standing supporter of pharmacy issues since she was elected in 2012. SENATE Amanda Murphy (DEM) District 16 The race for SD 16 is an open seat, meaning it has no incumbent. We recommend waiting until after the August Primary, so we can have a better idea of who will win. The front-runners are Amanda Murphy on the Democratic side, a former House member who was supportive of pharmacy issues while she was a Representative in the House and Ed Hooper on the Republican side, who is also a former House Member. Sen. Aaron Bean District 4 Sen. Bean has been a supporter of pharmacy issues for many years. He ran the Closed Networks bill two years ago which, while it did not pass, forced AHCA to open their pharmacy networks for Medicaid patients. He is a likely candidate to replace Sen. Young as Chair of the Health Policy Committee. Senate President Designate Bill Galvano (REP) District 21 Bill Galvano will serve as Senate President for the next two years. He is supportive of our Test and Treat issue and open to expansion of scope issues. Sen. Kathleen Passidomo (REP) District 28 Sen. Passidomo was supportive of our Test and Treat bilol last year and went out of her way to educate her colleuges on the Health Policy Committee of the importance of this legislations. She is in the running for Senate President and is a strong ally to have. Sen. Jeff Brandes (REP) District 24 Sen. Brandes sponsored the Test and Treat bill last year on the Senate side. He is very much a proponent of expanding scope of practice for pharmacists. Contribution Strategy Breakdown House of Representatives District 11 Rep. Cord Byrd $1,000 District 27 Rep. David Santiago $1,000 District 48 Rep. Amy Mercado $1,000 District 50 Rep. Rene Plasencia $1,000 District 54 Rep. Erin Grall $1,000 District 55 Rep. Cary Pigman $1,000 District 80 Rep. Byron Donalds $1,000 District 87 Rep. David Silvers $1,000 District 112 Rep. Nick Duran $1,000 District 116 Rep. Daniel Perez $1,000 District 120 Rep. Holly Raschein $1,000 Rep. Travis Cummings and Rep. Paul Renner $10,000 to PC Rep. Santiago and Rep. Plasencia $10,000 to PC Rep. Chris Sprowls and Rep. James Grant $5,000 to PC HOUSE TOTAL: $36,000 Senate District 16 Amanda Murphy $1,000 Wait for General District 22 Sen. Kelli Stargel $1,000 District 4 Sen. Aaron Bean $2,500 to PC Senate President Designate Bill Galvano Invite Sen. Kathleen Passidomo and Sen. Jeff Brandes $10,000 to PC SENATE TOTAL: $14,500 HOUSE & SENATE TOTAL: $50,500 .