Bill Amendment: FL S0742 | 2016 | Regular Session
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity for Life Support or Air Ambulance Services
Status: 2016-03-11 - Died in Rules [S0742 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S0742-Senate_Committee_Amendment_425650.html
Bill Title: Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity for Life Support or Air Ambulance Services
Status: 2016-03-11 - Died in Rules [S0742 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S0742-Senate_Committee_Amendment_425650.html
Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 742 Ì425650ÈÎ425650 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Judiciary (Bean) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 74 - 104 4 and insert: 5 (6)(a) The governing body of aeachcounty that is not a 6 fiscally constrained county as defined by s. 218.67(1) shall, 7 unless such county has an ordinance that complies with the 8 requirements of this section on the effective date of this act, 9mayadopt an ordinance or amend an existing ordinance to 10ordinances thatprovide reasonable standards for certificates of 11 public convenience and necessity for basic andoradvanced life 12 support services by January 1, 2017and air ambulance services. 13 In developing the standardsfor certificates of public14convenience and necessity, the governing body of each county 15 must consider state guidelines, recommendations of the local or 16 regional trauma agency created under chapter 395,and the17 recommendations of the municipalities within its jurisdiction, 18 and recommendations of the independent special districts that 19 provide fire rescue services within its jurisdiction. The 20 ordinance shall provide a quasi-judicial process, or some other 21 type of evidentiary process, for approval or denial of an 22 application for a certificate. The ordinance shall also provide 23 that applicants currently maintaining fire rescue infrastructure 24 and providing first response in the county may appeal the 25 county’s decision to the circuit court with jurisdiction over 26 the county. 27 (b) The governing body of a county defined as fiscally 28 constrained pursuant to s. 218.67(1) may adopt an ordinance to 29 provide reasonable standards for certificates of public 30 convenience and necessity for basic and advanced life support 31 services. In developing the standards, the governing body of 32 each county must consider state guidelines, recommendations of 33 the local or regional trauma agency created under chapter 395, 34 recommendations of the municipalities within its jurisdiction, 35 and recommendations of the independent special districts that 36 provide fire rescue services within its jurisdiction. 37 (c) The governing body of each county may adopt an 38 ordinance to provide reasonable standards for certificates of 39 public convenience and necessity for air ambulance services. In 40 developing the standards, the governing body of each county must 41 consider state guidelines, recommendations of the local or 42 regional trauma agency created under chapter 395, 43 recommendations of the municipalities within its jurisdiction, 44 and recommendations of the independent special districts that 45 provide fire rescue services within its jurisdiction. 46 47 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 48 And the title is amended as follows: 49 Delete line 17 50 and insert: 51 such standards; providing an exemption for certain 52 counties; providing an effective date.