Bill Text: FL S0434 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 843 (Ch. 2019-138) [S0434 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S0434-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Ambulatory Surgical Centers
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 843 (Ch. 2019-138) [S0434 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S0434-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2019 SB 434 By Senator Harrell 25-00536-19 2019434__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to ambulatory surgical centers; 3 amending s. 395.002, F.S.; revising the definition of 4 the term “ambulatory surgical center”; amending s. 5 395.1055, F.S.; requiring the Agency for Health Care 6 Administration, in consultation with the Board of 7 Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, to 8 adopt rules that establish requirements for 9 practitioners and facilities related to the delivery 10 of surgical care to children in ambulatory surgical 11 centers, in accordance with specified standards; 12 requiring that the rules establish minimum standards 13 for certain pediatric patient care practices; 14 specifying that ambulatory surgical centers may 15 provide certain procedures only if authorized by 16 agency rule; providing an effective date. 17 18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 19 20 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 395.002, Florida 21 Statutes, is amended to read: 22 395.002 Definitions.—As used in this chapter: 23 (3) “Ambulatory surgical center” means a facility the 24 primary purpose of which is to provide elective surgical care, 25 in which the patient is admitted to and discharged from such 26 facility within 24 hoursthe same working day and is not27permitted to stay overnight, and which is not part of a 28 hospital. However, a facility existing for the primary purpose 29 of performing terminations of pregnancy, an office maintained by 30 a physician for the practice of medicine, or an office 31 maintained for the practice of dentistry may not be construed to 32 be an ambulatory surgical center, provided that any facility or 33 office which is certified or seeks certification as a Medicare 34 ambulatory surgical center shall be licensed as an ambulatory 35 surgical center pursuant to s. 395.003. 36 Section 2. Present subsections (3) through (12) of section 37 395.1055, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4) 38 through (13), respectively, and a new subsection (3) is added to 39 that section, to read: 40 395.1055 Rules and enforcement.— 41 (3)(a) The agency, in consultation with the Board of 42 Medicine and the Board of Osteopathic Medicine, shall adopt 43 rules that establish requirements for practitioners and 44 facilities to ensure the safe and effective delivery of surgical 45 care to children in ambulatory surgical centers. The rules must 46 be consistent with the American College of Surgeons’ 2015 47 standards document entitled “Optimal Resources for Children’s 48 Surgical Care” and must establish minimum standards for 49 pediatric patient care treatment practices, including at least 50 all of the following: surgical risk assessment; anesthetic care; 51 resuscitation; transfer agreements; and training and 52 certification requirements for pediatric health care providers. 53 (b) Ambulatory surgical centers may provide operative 54 procedures that require a length of stay past midnight on the 55 day of surgery for children younger than 18 years of age only if 56 the agency authorizes the performance of such procedures by 57 rule. 58 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.