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FL S7028
Bill
AI Summary
- Expands eligibility for Cancer Innovation Fund grants to include licensed hospitals serving rural/underserved areas (minimum 30% of cancer patients), oncology clinics, radiation therapy facilities, cancer screening providers, rural hospitals, critical access hospitals, and pediatric specialty hospitals
- Creates the Cancer Connect Collaborative Research Incubator within the Department of Health to fund targeted cancer research over 5-year cycles, with pediatric cancer designated as the first targeted area beginning July 1, 2025
- Expands the Cancer Connect Collaborative's voting membership by adding two members appointed by the Senate President and two by the House Speaker, and requires the collaborative to submit annual performance and impact reports to the Governor and Legislature beginning December 1, 2025
- Requires peer review panels of independent, scientifically qualified individuals to evaluate grant applications for both the Cancer Innovation Fund and the Research Incubator, with strict conflict-of-interest policies prohibiting members from participating in decisions involving their affiliated organizations
- Establishes the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute VisionGen Initiative within the Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Program to advance genetic and epigenetic research on inherited eye diseases and ocular oncology, subject to annual legislative appropriation
Legislative Description
Cancer
Last Action
Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2514 (Ch. 2025-204)
6/16/2025
Full Bill Text
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