The CON process currently requires the state to approve hospitals and other health care providers like nursing homes to add more sites or services, the Bradenton Herald reports. http://www.bradenton.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article207767024.html#storylink=cpy

According to language inside HB 21, the “dispenser,” or pharmacist, is required to report a slew of identifying information and details each time a prescription for a controlled substance is filled.  Danny McAuliffe reports for FloridaPolitics.com. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/260293-pharmacy-panel-weighs-implementation-of-new-opioid-laws

A state pharmacy board on Monday criticized the Florida Legislature for not passing a bill that would have allowed Florida pharmacists to test and treat people for the flu and strep throat, SunshineStateNews.com reports. http://sunshinestatenews.com/story/pharmacy-panel-critiques-legislature-over-flu-tests

Governor. Rick Scott has a little more than a week to act on the remaining 19 bills from the 2018 Session, THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA reports via FloridaPolitics.com. http://floridapolitics.com/archives/260281-rick-scott-faces-deadline-on-final-batch-of-bills

Insurance companies can get information about a house’s exterior square footage, roof type, roof condition, changes in a home and more – all thanks to the use of machine learning to analyze aerial imagery, Alex Knapp reports for Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2018/04/02/this-data-startup-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-figure-out-if-your-roof-is-in-decent-shape/#466d191159db

Registrations for the first two months of 2018 include 11 re/insurers and one intermediary, Insurance Journal reports. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2018/04/03/485100.htm

An Atlanta man is warning people about an insurance loophole that is making him foot the bill of thousands of dollars in damages after a group of teens turned his rental house into a party house.  https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/man-says-short-term-rental-policy-cost-him-thousands-of-dollars/725454292

Thanks to Senator Jeff Brandes and other lawmakers, the state has laid an aggressive groundwork to make Florida attractive to the companies building and testing autonomous vehicle technology.  The Tampa Bay Times’ Caitlin Johnston reports for “The Buzz” blog. http://www.tampabay.com/news/transportation/Florida-law-allows-driverless-vehicles-Does-the-law-go-too-far-_166914400

Commercial airboat rides had been largely unregulated, and the state didn’t require operators to have licenses or complete specific training courses.  The Sun-Sentinel’s Skyler Swisher reports. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-reg-ellie-law-signed-20180330-story.html

Instead of doing immediate inspections, the Agency for Healthcare Administration has no plans to change its existing schedule for license reviews, which sees facilities inspected once every two years, The Miami Herald’s Elizabeth Koh reports via the Tampa Bay Times. http://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2018/04/02/after-12-elders-died-nursing-homes-get-generators-but-when-will-they-be-inspected/