Florida Senate - 2013 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/CS/HB 1159, 1st Eng.
Barcode 409206
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: WD .
05/02/2013 08:48 AM .
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Senator Hays moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 17 - 64
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. 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 2. Paragraph (k) of subsection (1) of section
21 395.401, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
22 395.401 Trauma services system plans; approval of trauma
23 centers and pediatric trauma centers; procedures; renewal.—
24 (1)
25 (k) It is unlawful for any hospital or other facility to
26 hold itself out as a trauma center unless it has been so
27 verified or designated pursuant to s. 395.4025(14).
28 Section 3. Subsection (14) of section 395.4025, Florida
29 Statutes, is amended to read:
30 395.4025 Trauma centers; selection; quality assurance;
31 records.—
32 (14) Notwithstanding the procedures established pursuant to
33 subsections (1) through (13) in this section, hospitals located
34 in areas with limited access to trauma center services shall be
35 designated by the department as Level II trauma centers based on
36 documentation of a valid certificate of trauma center
37 verification from the American College of Surgeons. Areas with
38 limited access to trauma center services are defined by the
39 following criteria:
40 (a) The hospital is located in a trauma service area with a
41 population greater than 600,000 persons but a population density
42 of less than 225 persons per square mile; and
43 (b) The hospital is located in a county with no verified
44 trauma center; and
45 (c) The hospital is located at least 15 miles or 20 minutes
46 travel time by ground transport from the nearest verified trauma
47 center any other provisions of this section and rules adopted
48 pursuant to this section, until the department has conducted the
49 review provided under s. 395.402, only hospitals located in
50 trauma services areas where there is no existing trauma center
51 may apply.
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54 And the title is amended as follows:
55 Delete lines 2 - 5
56 and insert:
57 An act relating to health care facilities; amending s.
58 395.4001, F.S.; revising the definition of the terms
59 “level II trauma center” and “trauma center”; amending
60 s. 395.401, F.S.; making conforming changes; amending
61 s. 395.4025, F.S.; establishing criteria for
62 designating Level II trauma centers in areas with
63 limited access to trauma center services; amending s.
64 408.036,