TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – In what would be a change for the Florida Lottery, a state lawmaker Thursday proposed creating a lottery game that would help fund breast-cancer research and services.
The state has traditionally used lottery money to bolster spending on education programs.
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But Sen. Geraldine Thompson, D-Orlando, filed a bill (SB 102) that calls for creating a special instant-lottery game called "Ticket for the Cure," with proceeds going to breast-cancer research and services.
The services would be provided to people who have breast cancer and are low income and uninsured.
Research money would go to public or private universities that have medical-research facilities or are associated with such facilities.
The bill, which will be considered during the 2016 legislative session, calls for starting the special game on Jan. 1, 2017, and ending it Dec. 31, 2022.