Florida Senate - 2013                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 966
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Garcia moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 3877 and 3878
    4  insert:
    5         Section 87. By December 31, 2013, the Board of Medicine
    6  shall adopt rules that allow the provision of health care
    7  services to patients via telemedicine. For purposes of
    8  rulemaking, telemedicine services include, but are not limited
    9  to, the use of interactive audio, video, secure chat, secure
   10  email, electronic media, or telephone for the practice of health
   11  care delivery, including consultation, diagnosis, treatment,
   12  transfer of medical data, or exchange of medical education
   13  information by a physician located at a site other than the site
   14  of the patient’s location. The rules must address the following:
   15         (1) Licensure requirements for the provision of
   16  telemedicine services;
   17         (2) The requirement that a physician practicing
   18  telemedicine be held to the same standard of care as physicians
   19  practicing in other care settings; and
   20         (3) Requirements for conducting patient evaluations and
   21  prescribing legend drugs other than controlled substances via
   22  telemedicine.
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   24  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   25         And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete line 361
   27  and insert:
   28         development; requiring the Board of Medicine to adopt
   29         rules relating to the provision of health care
   30         services via telemedicine; providing an effective
   31         date.