Legislation that would have allowed two taxpayer-funded hospital systems in Broward County to collaborate more freely and bypass certain antitrust laws was “temporarily postponed” in a key Florida Senate committee.
According to the South Florida Sun Sentinel, the proposal (SB 1122) appears dead for the current session, which ends March 13.
The bill would apply to any of Florida’s 28 public hospital districts but was pushed by Broward’s taxpayer-funded systems, Broward Health and Memorial Healthcare. Both are currently led by the same CEO, Shane Strum…