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But he vetoed a bill that wouls have allowed an indigent health surtad to be added to retail sales without votee approval and anotherthat would’ve increased charges to community college students by $200 annually to coved transportation costs. “I firmly believe that every discretionaryusales surtax, or more commonly known as a local option sales tax, must be subjecf to voter approval,” Crist said in a lette r to Secretary of State Kurt S. Browning. Statee Sen. James King Jr., R-Jacksonville, introduced Senates Bill 718 that would have allowed Duvaland Miami-Dade countied to levy an indigent care and trauma center surtax at a rate of 0.5 percent.
The proceed of the tax would help fund healtuh care initiatives such asprimary care, preventivee care and hospital care for indigent Current law excludes the two counties from levyingb such a tax without approval from voters. State Rep. Charles S. Chestnuf IV, D-Gainesville, introduced House Bill 739, which woulsd have increased community collegewstudent fees. That bill contained a fee of upto $6 per credig hour annually to help fund better transportation services to collegse students.
“I am concerned that the community college transportatiohn fee will be charged to all students instead of beinhg charged solely to students who benefitf fromthe fee,” Crist said in a letteer to Browning. “In challenging economic times, I cannoyt support charging students up to anadditional $200 per year for serviced that they may or may not Crist did sign Senatew Bill 1122 that allows insurance companies to directly pay out-of-network instead of depending on insured individuals to make the “All too often, out-of-networ k providers that care for individuals insured by preferre provider organization networks are not reimbursed for their services under the existinhg payment structure,” Crist said.
“For this many providers are reluctant to carefor out-of-network individuals, thus reducing access to health care. As a individuals may not get the opportunityu to see the provider of their State Rep. Robert Schenck, R-Spring Hill, introducedf House Bill 73 that requires both the and waterd management districts to create programs that woulds expedite permit processing for selectg economicdevelopment projects. regulatory bodies that handle environmental resource permitting and wetland resourcr permits have 90 days to approvse or denyan application.
Under the new law, economic development projects that have been identifiedx by a municipality or county asa “targeyt industry business” must be permitted withimn 45 days. The law also requires a pre-application review process that is said to help reducew permitting conflicts by helping developers determine whicyh applications they would need aheacdof time, as well as by providing assistance to site planning and development, site suitability and and facility design.