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	Podcast:		Capital Report
	Episode:		Capital Report: 04-04-2019
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:28:58
	Publish Date:		2019-04-04 17:13:35
	Description:		Governor Ron DeSantis’ pick to head the Agency for Healthcare Administration, Mary Mayhew, passed her first Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. Ryan Dailey reports Mayhew briefly oversaw Medicaid for the Trump administration, and was over the program in Maine for seven years prior. Some Senators grilled Mayhew on her noted opposition to Medicaid. When voters approve amendments to Florida’s constitution, lawmakers sometimes have to pass legislation that would actually implement the change. This session, lawmakers are attempting to implement last year’s Amendment 4 that allows certain felons the right to vote after completing their sentence. But some insist the amendment is self-enacting and therefore requires no implementing legislation. Both sides in that argument squared off during Thursday’s bill hearing. Blaise Gainey fills us in. Fourteen states including Florida are currently considering fetal heartbeat bills. Those bills ban abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
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