The Florida House of Representatives is requesting lobbying and executive compensation data from state hospitals by the end of the week, potentially to justify more than $600 million in budget cuts to hospital payments, according to a report from the Tampa Bay Times.
Specifically, the House is looking for compensation data for executives or administrative staff members who earn more than $200,000, data from fundraisers and foundations, funds for private lobbying contracts and statewide association dues. Public hospitals are not concerned by the request, according to the report, as much of the data is already publically available.
The lawmakers are working on an $81.2 billion budget and also called on state university foundations, county tourism boards and economic development councils to submit financial data, according to the report. Lobbying and excessive executive compensation were targeted to justify budget cuts likely because they may not be seen as having direct value for taxpayers.
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