Bill Amendment: FL S0966 | 2013 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: Health Care
Status: 2013-05-03 - Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1071 (Ch. 2013-93), CS/CS/HB 1159 (Ch. 2013-153), SB 1520 (Ch. 2013-48) [S0966 Detail]
Download: Florida-2013-S0966-Senate_Floor_Amendment_495738.html
Bill Title: Health Care
Status: 2013-05-03 - Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 1071 (Ch. 2013-93), CS/CS/HB 1159 (Ch. 2013-153), SB 1520 (Ch. 2013-48) [S0966 Detail]
Download: Florida-2013-S0966-Senate_Floor_Amendment_495738.html
Florida Senate - 2013 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 966 Barcode 495738 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senators Latvala, Joyner, and Bean moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 818 - 1073 4 and insert: 5 Section 13. Subsection (14) of section 395.4025, Florida 6 Statutes, is amended, and subsections (15) through (17) are 7 added to that section, to read: 8 395.4025 Trauma centers; selection; quality assurance; 9 records.— 10 (14) A trauma center that is designated as a Level I, Level 11 II, or pediatric trauma center on or before April 25, 2013, 12 shall retain such designation unless the department determines 13 that the trauma center is no longer able to comply with the 14 adopted standards for such centers. A trauma center 15 provisionally approved as a Level II trauma center on or before 16 April 25, 2013, may complete the application process through 17 verification by the department as a Level II trauma center 18Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section and rules19adopted pursuant to this section, until the department has20conducted the review provided under s.395.402, only hospitals21located in trauma services areas where there is no existing22trauma center may apply. 23 (15) The department may not designate a Level I trauma 24 center or Level II trauma center within 8 miles of an existing 25 Level I trauma center. After April 25, 2013, the department may 26 not designate a new Level I trauma center or Level II trauma 27 center in a county that has an existing Level I trauma center or 28 within 75 miles of an existing Level I trauma center. However, 29 an existing Level I trauma center may request the Level II 30 trauma center designation of, and the department shall so 31 designate, another hospital or hospitals within 75 miles of the 32 requesting Level I trauma center if the hospital or hospitals: 33 (a) Share a license number and license certificate number 34 with the requesting Level I trauma center; or 35 (b) Demonstrate a formal trauma affiliation agreement with 36 the requesting Level I trauma center which complies with 37 statutory requirements to maintain an inclusive trauma system 38 and addresses all of the following: 39 1. The acceptance of all medically necessary transfers. 40 2. The clinical protocols and other clinical arrangements 41 appropriate for continuity of care and high-quality care. 42 (16) Notwithstanding part II of chapter 395, the department 43 may designate a hospital as a Level II trauma center if the 44 hospital is located: 45 (a) In a trauma service area that has a population of more 46 than 600,000 persons; 47 (b) In a county that has a population density of fewer than 48 200 persons per square mile and a population of more than 49 180,000 persons; 50 (c) In a county that does not have a designated or 51 provisional trauma center; and 52 (d) At least 35 miles by ground transport from the nearest 53 trauma center. 54 (17) The department shall submit to the President of the 55 Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on or 56 before September 1, 2013, the following items: 57 (a) A report of the results of its external review of this 58 state’s trauma system conducted by the American College of 59 Surgeons. 60 (b) A proposed comprehensive legislative rewrite, if deemed 61 necessary, as a result of the external review, of part II of 62 chapter 395, with such detailed statutory language as to no 63 longer necessitate the need to have rules governing the 64 provision of trauma care. 65 66 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 67 And the title is amended as follows: 68 Delete lines 59 - 82 69 and insert: 70 organizations to conform; amending s. 395.4025, F.S.; 71 retaining trauma center designations for centers 72 designated or provisionally approved by a specified 73 date; prohibiting the Department of Health from 74 designating certain trauma centers as Level I or Level 75 II; providing an exception under certain 76 circumstances; authorizing the department to designate 77 a hospital as a Level II trauma center under certain 78 circumstances; requiring the department to submit a 79 report and proposed legislation to the Legislature by 80 a specified date; amending s. 395.701, F.S.; revising 81 the