Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/HB 1419, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Garcia moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (609984) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 3997 and 3998
    5  insert:
    6         Section 101. Section 395.1051, Florida Statutes, is amended
    7  to read:
    8         395.1051 Duty to notify patients.—
    9         (1) An appropriately trained person designated by each
   10  licensed facility shall inform each patient, or an individual
   11  identified pursuant to s. 765.401(1), in person about adverse
   12  incidents that result in serious harm to the patient.
   13  Notification of outcomes of care that result in harm to the
   14  patient under this section shall not constitute an
   15  acknowledgment or admission of liability, nor can it be
   16  introduced as evidence.
   17         (2) A hospital shall notify obstetrical physicians who have
   18  privileges at the hospital at least 120 days before the hospital
   19  closes an obstetrics department or ceases to provide obstetrical
   20  services.
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   23         And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete line 4332
   25  and insert:
   26         patient brokering; amending s. 395.1051, F.S.;
   27         requiring that a hospital notify obstetrical
   28         physicians within a specified period before the
   29         hospital closes an obstetrics department or ceases to
   30         provide obstetrical services; providing effective
   31         dates.