2020 Legislative Session Preview Fraser Cobbe Executive Director Agenda

• Set the Stage for the 2020 Legislation • Key Players to Watch • Opportunities to Engage and Participate • Major Health Care Issues Filed Setting the Stage for the 2020 Session Major Themes

• Legislative Session is early this year ▫ Session runs from January 14-March 6 ▫ Fewer Committee Meetings during Interim Dates • 2020 Election Year ▫ Typically a quieter year ▫ Less controversial issues ▫ More white-hat issues that play well back home

Health Care Remains a Focus

• Health Care is one of the major issues that constituents have concerns with • Health Care reform issues play well back home • State of Florida is a major purchaser of health care (State Health Plan, Medicaid) • Business Community continues to struggle with rising costs (Employer Sponsored Plans, Workers Compensation)

“Health care remains the central focus of our agenda. And that’s not by our own doing, that’s because it kind of chose us,” Oliva, R-Miami Lakes, said during an interview on the Preston Scott show on WFLA radio in Tallahassee. “In spite of all the positive economic indicators in Florida, health care continues, nationwide … to cripple families. And so that’s what we’ve chosen as our main goal, is to try to inject some sort of free market principles into a very broken health- care system.” Specific Focus – Article by Christine Sexton • Scope-of-practice expansions • Health-care affordability – Free Market Principles – Competition and Transparency • Access to care

• Not interested in pursuing Tort Reform

“The main issue in health care, again, is that the state keeps paying these exorbitant bills,” Oliva said.

It Takes Two

Senate President Bill Galvano “That’s an issue that probably will have to be worked out, if at all,” Key Players to Watch Leadership Driven

• Bill Galvano, Senate President ▫ Bradenton (R) • Jose Oliva, Speaker of the House ▫ Miami (R)

• Set the Agenda, Appoint the Committees, Refer the Bills, Approve everything that happens. • Not your 1990 Legislature. • Early relationships with future Leaders is paramount (Future leaders selected 6-8 years out) Senate Leadership

• Majority Office – , Naples (R)

• Deputy Majority Leader – Anitere Flores, Miami-Dade (R) House Leadership

• Speaker pro tempore- MaryLynn Magar, Hobe Sound (R)

• Majority Leader – , Cape Coral (R) Senate: Key Committee Chairs

• Health Policy Chair – , Martin (R) • Banking & Insurance Chair – , Pensacola (R) • Appropriations Chair – Rob Bradley, Orange Park (R) • Rules Chair – , Fort Myers (R) House: Key Committee Chairs

• Health Market Reform – Cary Pigman, MD, Sebring (R) • Health Quality – Colleen Burton, Lakeland (R) • Health & Human Services – , Fort Myers (R) • Insurance & Banking – Byron Donalds, Naples (R) • Commerce – Mike La Rosa, St Cloud (R) • Appropriations – Travis Cummings, Orange Park (R) • Rules – , Clearwater (R) Minority Leaders

• Senate Minority Leader – Audry Gibson, Duval (D) • House Democratic Leader – Kionne McGhee, Miami-Dade (D) Opportunities to Engage and Participate From a Distance

• www.myfloridahouse.com • www.flsenate.com

• Resources ▫ Contact Information for all Legislators ▫ Bill Tracking ▫ Live Streams of Committee Meetings ▫ Archived Committee Recordings ▫ Recorded Votes Online Sunshine

• www.leg.state.fl.us

• Resources: ▫ Florida Statutes ▫ House and Senate ▫ Lobbyist Information Get Your Hands Dirty • Doctor of the Day Program • Delegation Visits to Tallahassee ▫ Jan 27-28, FL Orthopaedic Society & Bones Society of Florida ▫ Feb 3-4, Dade County Medical Society ▫ Feb 10-11, Physicians Society of Central FL ▫ Florida Kidney Day was in November • Individual Visits • Busiest Days – Tues, Wed, Thurs • Not much advance notice – 24-48 hrs Opportunities at the Capitol

• Individual Meetings with Legislators ▫ Organizations can help schedule meetings and provide talking points ▫ Typically can assist with onsite logistics also • Committee Testimony

Organizational Resources

• Weekly Webinars on Friday at 12 noon • Email Alerts • Websites will be updated with links Service and Treasure

• Service ▫ Health Policy or Legislative Committees ▫ Political Action Committee Leadership

• Treasure ▫ Expanding our voice requires resources ▫ Contribute to your State and Local PACs ▫ FMA PAC

Major Health Care Issues Filed 2019 Statistics: 1,861 bills filed 195 bills passed Thank you Fraser Cobbe [email protected]