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_621908.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_621908.html
Florida Senate - 2013 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 966 Barcode 621908 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. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) and subsection 6 (14) of section 395.4001, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 7 395.4001 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term: 8 (7) “Level II trauma center” means a trauma center that: 9 (a) Is verified by the department to be in substantial 10 compliance with Level II trauma center standards and has been 11 approved by the department to operate as a Level II trauma 12 center or is designated pursuant to s. 395.4025(14). 13 (14) “Trauma center” means a hospital that has been 14 verified by the department to be in substantial compliance with 15 the requirements in s. 395.4025 and has been approved by the 16 department to operate as a Level I trauma center, Level II 17 trauma center, or pediatric trauma center, or is designated by 18 the department as a Level II trauma center pursuant to 19 s. 395.4025(14). 20 Section 14. Subsection (14) of section 395.4025, Florida 21 Statutes, is amended to read: 22 395.4025 Trauma centers; selection; quality assurance; 23 records.— 24 (14) Notwithstanding the procedures established pursuant to 25 subsections (1) through (13) in this section, hospitals located 26 in areas with limited access to trauma center services shall be 27 designated by the department as Level II trauma centers based on 28 documentation of a valid certificate of trauma center 29 verification from the American College of Surgeons. Areas with 30 limited access to trauma center services are defined by the 31 following criteria: 32 (a) The hospital is located in a trauma service area with a 33 population greater than 600,000 persons but a population density 34 of less than 225 persons per square mile; and 35 (b) The hospital is located in a county with no verified 36 trauma center; and 37 (c) The hospital is located at least 15 miles or 20 minutes 38 travel time by ground transport from the nearest verified trauma 39 centerany other provisions of this section and rules adopted40pursuant to this section, until the department has conducted the41review provided under s.395.402, only hospitals located in42trauma services areas where there is no existing trauma center43may apply. 44 45 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 46 And the title is amended as follows: 47 Delete lines 59 - 82 48 and insert: 49 organizations to conform; amending s. 395.4001, F.S.; 50 revising the definition of the terms “level II trauma 51 center” and “trauma center”; amending s. 395.4025, 52 F.S.; establishing criteria for designating Level II 53 trauma centers in areas with limited access to trauma 54 center services; amending s. 395.701, F.S.; revising 55 the