Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 614
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/01/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Stargel) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 175 and 176
    4  insert:
    5         Section 5. Section 383.336, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
    6         Section 6. Section 395.1051, Florida Statutes, is amended
    7  to read:
    8         395.1051 Duty to notify patients and physicians.—
    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 does shall not constitute an
   15  acknowledgment or admission of liability and may not, nor can it
   16  be introduced as evidence.
   17         (2) A hospital shall notify each obstetrical physician who
   18  has privileges at the hospital at least 120 days before the
   19  hospital closes its obstetrical department or ceases to provide
   20  obstetrical services.
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   22  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   23  And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Delete line 12
   25  and insert:
   26         licensure, as a deputy or state pilot; repealing s.
   27         383.336, F.S., relating to provider hospitals,
   28         practice parameters, and peer review board; amending
   29         s. 395.1051, F.S.; requiring a hospital to notify
   30         certain obstetrical physicians within a specified
   31         timeframe before the hospital closes its obstetrical
   32         department or ceases to provide obstetrical services;
   33         amending s.