House Republicans ask Crist to veto GOP bill
by Michael C. Bender | May 7th, 2009UPDATE: We were provided the wrong letter earlier. This post was updated to include the correct letter and correct names.
More fallout from the prescription drug bill:
Speaker Designate Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park was among 13 Republican leaders who sent this letter Gov. Charlie Crist today asking him to veto a bill to create a prescription drug database. The letter is in reaction to a story about a similar database getting hacked in Virginia and held for ransom.
It’s probably worth pointing out 10 of the 13 were the only “no” votes against the bill in either chamber. The three other Republicans – Adam Hasner of Boca Raton, Anitere Flores of Miami and Dean Cannon of Winter Park – did not vote when the bill was debated in the chamber.
Meanwhile, Rep. Carl Domino, R-Jupiter, sent this e-mail to Florida drug czar Bill Janes asking him to join in the call for a veto.
The bill was sponsored by Rep. Marcello Llorente, a Miami Republican who told Post on Politics that Crist should still sign the measure into law:
“There are numerous safeguards in the legislation to ensure the protection of personal information. I am confident the Task Force created in the bill will yield recommendations that uphold the highest level of security for personal information contained within the database. The tragic deaths of almost ten Floridians a day must stop. I urge the Governor to sign this bill expeditiously in an effort to end the practice of doctor shopping and help ensure that pill mills enabling the senseless loss of life are put out of business.”
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June 1st, 2009 at 7:56 am
I know they say there are several safeguards, but I am sure this is what they told Virginia as well. There is never a safe proof computer program. They all can be broken into. This includes the governmental networks as proven in the past.