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Senate President Kathleen Passidomo used her 2024 Session Opening Day remarks to champion her plan to beef up Florida’s health care workforce and make improvements in health care delivery. Live Healthy aims to bolster Florida’s health care workforce and infrastructure and directs about $870 million to help get it done. Of that amount, $571.2 million would help increase the rates the state pays providers to treat the poor, elderly and disabled who rely on the safety net program. The biggest chunk of change — $195.8 million — would help increase the rates for home- and community-based providers. https://ow.ly/H9kG50QpwcP

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Rick Harris, I agree with you. Direct care providers in the State of Florida have and continue to provide the concentration of support services neccessary to care for intellectually disabled and aging adults, and historically have been under paid. In comparison to other states, Florida 's waiver program falls woefully short. This direction has created an environment for neglect. Direct care providers are the last lifeline for this population.

Richard Harris CCIM, GAA

Commercial Real Estate Expert @ Richard Harris & Associates, Inc.

9mo

We need more funding for caretakers. Florida is really being compared to other states and we have tge highest growth rate in tge Country. This and tge waiting list of 20,000 disabled person is a real crisis. It needs immediate attention. Rick Harris Past President of The Arc Tampa Bay

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