Bill Amendment: FL S0966 | 2013 | Regular Session
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
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_299046.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_299046.html
Florida Senate - 2013 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 966 Barcode 299046 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Latvala 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 to read: 7 395.4025 Trauma centers; selection; quality assurance; 8 records.— 9 (14) Notwithstanding the procedures established pursuant to 10 subsections (1) through (13) in this section, hospitals located 11 in areas with limited access to trauma center services shall be 12 designated by the department as Level II trauma centers based on 13 documentation of a valid certificate of trauma center 14 verification from the American College of Surgeons. Areas with 15 limited access to trauma center services are defined by the 16 following criteria: 17 (a) The hospital is located in a trauma service area with a 18 population greater than 600,000 persons but a population density 19 of less than 225 persons per square mile; and 20 (b) The hospital is located in a county with no designated 21 or provisional trauma center; and 22 (c) The hospital is located at least 15 miles or 20 minutes 23 travel time by ground transport from the nearest trauma center 24any other provisions of this section and rules adopted pursuant25to this section, until the department has conducted the review26provided under s.395.402, only hospitals located in trauma27services areas where there is no existing trauma center may28apply. 29 30 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 31 And the title is amended as follows: 32 Delete lines 59 - 82 33 and insert: 34 organizations to conform; amending s. 395.4025, F.S.; 35 establishing criteria for designating Level II trauma 36 centers in areas with limited access to trauma center 37 services; amending s. 395.701, F.S.; revising the