Senate amendment provides stopgap funding for AIDS meds

Thousands of Floridians with HIV could lose medication access after Florida tightens ADAP eligibility

Thousands of Floridians living with HIV could lose access to critical medication after the Florida Department of Health tightened eligibility requirements for its AIDS Drug Assistance Program, known as ADAP.ADAP helps low-income people with HIV get access to medication that stops the virus from developing to a fatal stage and blocks it from being transmissible.WATCH WPTV'S COVERAGE BELOW: Florida cuts HIV drug program eligibility, leaving thousa…

Plan to prevent cuts to AIDS drug program passes Florida Senate

A plan to prevent cuts to a program that provides drugs to AIDS patients passed through the Senate on Tuesday, but it’s unclear whether the House will agree to it.

Senate moves to save AIDS drug assistance program from DeSantis administration cuts

Sens. Alexis Calatayud and Carlos Guillermo Smith talk to reporters about the ADAP proposal on March 10, 2026. (Photo Liv Caputo/Florida Phoenix)In a dysfunctional session that has been underscored by what one senator called an “inexcusable amount of animosity,” the Senate on Tuesday offered to pump nearly $31 million into a program that provides people access to high-cost HIV drugs. The money was amended onto a House health care bill, HB 697, t…

Florida Senate tries to fund AIDS drug program amid state cuts

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A week after Florida cut nearly 12,000 people off the state program providing affordable access to life-saving HIV/AIDS medication, state senators are making a last-minute move to fund the program in full for the next few months.

Senate amendment provides stopgap funding for AIDS meds

The measure would fund ADAP through the end of June.

Senate Passes Fix For AIDS Drug Program Cuts

TALLAHASSEE – A plan to prevent cuts to a program that provides drugs to AIDS patients passed through the Senate on Tuesday, but it’s unclear whether the House will agree to it.