With the House looking to pull $160 million out of the transportation trust fund to help balance the budget, transportation workers are about to rally at the Capitol to protest this action.

With the Senates version not touching those funds, expect to hear support for the Senate budget. The rally begins at 1 p.m.

The House looks set to vote on a plan to reorganize the Florida Department of Health.

Introduced by Rep. Matt Hudson, R-Naples, the legislation reduces the Department of Healths mission from 13 to seven responsibilities and would require DOH to propose a new organizational structure, including reduction of divisions and bureaus, to the Legislature by November 2010.

The House and Senate started their negotiations Tuesday morning on the Health Care and Health and Human Services budget. The House proposed adding $111.4 million to the budget than the Senate. The House budget is $28.3 million; the Senate's is $28.2 million. As discussions of changes continue this evening, lawmakers will debate whether to reduce funding of Medicaid reimbursements to pharmacies for prescription drugs, how to overhaul state Medicaid spending and whether to fund or eliminate state Healthy Start Coalitions.