Legislature Adjourns after Contentious and Busy Comp Session

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefThe Florida Legislature ended a busy session for workers' compensation issues on Friday that included bills that may end the four-year battle over the price of repackaged drugs, allow the use of "wrap-up" policies for construction projects and mandate a new database to track fraud in the construction industry.During the final hours of a contentious, 60-day session, the Florida House and Senate amended an unrelated measure to provide $500,000 to rescue the state's financially struggling prescription drug-monitoring program. Lawmakers also passed ...