DeSantis signs cancer screening, parking laws [Video]

TAMPA, Fla. — Governor Ron DeSantis signed seven bills on Friday ranging from parking to skin cancer screenings.

All seven were bipartisan pieces of legislation, and he received them along with 11 other bills from Congress on March 27. 

Here’s what you need to know about the new laws:

House Bill 241: Coverage for Skin Cancer Screenings

This bill will require the Department of Management Services to provide coverage and payment through state employee health insurance for annual skin cancer screenings without patients having a co-pay. 

It was sponsored by Rep. Ralph Massulo, R-Inverness, and Rep. Bobby Payne, R-Palatka. Massulo, who is a dermatologist, proposed this bill during last year’s legislative session, but it died in the Senate. This year it passed unanimously. 

Between 2017 and 2021, roughly 646 Floridians died each year from melanoma, according to the Florida Cancer Data System. 

If detected early, there is a 99% five-year survival rate, according …