New bills signed into law aim to help improve patients with rare dise…

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The state is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to improve healthcare under new bills signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis. Two bills in particular are focused on advancing scientific progress in fighting rare pediatric diseases and cancer.

Senate Bill 1582 created the Andrew John Anderson Pediatric Rare Disease Grant Program, named after the four-year-old son of Palm Harbor State Representative Adam Anderson. Andrew died from a rare pediatric disease,…