Legislative Advocacy
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2018 Advocacy Accomplishments![](https://www.floridahospices.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Icon_Check-Box.png)
- Successfully Advocated for & Defended Hospice CON
- Derailed the Constitutional Revision Commission ‘Proposal 54’ which would have Eliminated Hospice CON via Constitutional Amendment
- Worked With Our Partners Toward Medicaid Managed Care Resolutions
2019 Legislative Priorities ![](https://www.floridahospices.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Icon_Gov-Building.png)
- Preserve Hospice CON
- Pass a Controlled Substances Glitch Bill to Exempt Physicians Serving Hospice & Palliative Care Patients from the Burdens of the PDMP (Learn more about the Bill HERE)
- Educate Legislators on, What Is Hospice?
- Resolve Lingering Payer Dysfunctions by Statewide Medicaid Managed Care Plans and the Resulting Hospice Aging Accounts
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