Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1250
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
02/24/2016 .
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
(Grimsley) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 372 and 373
4 insert:
5 Section 9. Effective July 1, 2016, section 456.031, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 456.031 Requirement for instruction on domestic violence
8 and human trafficking.—
9 (1)(a) The appropriate board shall require each person
10 licensed or certified under chapter 458, chapter 459, part I of
11 chapter 464, chapter 466, chapter 467, chapter 490, or chapter
12 491 to complete a 2-hour continuing education course, approved
13 by the board, on domestic violence, as defined in s. 741.28, and
14 on human trafficking, as defined in s. 787.06(2), as part of
15 every third biennial relicensure or recertification.
16 1. The domestic violence section of the course must shall
17 consist of data and information on the number of patients in
18 that professional’s practice who are likely to be victims of
19 domestic violence and the number who are likely to be
20 perpetrators of domestic violence, screening procedures for
21 determining whether a patient has any history of being either a
22 victim or a perpetrator of domestic violence, and instruction on
23 how to provide such patients with information on, or how to
24 refer such patients to, resources in the local community, such
25 as domestic violence centers and other advocacy groups, that
26 provide legal aid, shelter, victim counseling, batterer
27 counseling, or child protection services.
28 2. The human trafficking section of the course must consist
29 of data and information on the types of human trafficking, such
30 as labor and sex, and the extent of human trafficking; factors
31 that place a person at greater risk for being a victim of human
32 trafficking; management of medical records of patients who are
33 human trafficking victims; patient safety and security; public
34 and private social services available for rescue, food,
35 clothing, and shelter referrals; hotlines for reporting human
36 trafficking maintained by the National Human Trafficking
37 Resource Center and the United States Department of Homeland
38 Security; validated assessment tools for identifying human
39 trafficking victims and general indicators that a person may be
40 a victim of human trafficking; procedures for sharing
41 information related to human trafficking with a patient; and
42 referral options for legal and social services.
43 (b) Each such licensee or certificateholder shall submit
44 confirmation of having completed the continuing education such
45 course, on a form provided by the board, when submitting fees
46 for every third biennial relicensure or recertification renewal.
47 (c) The board may approve additional equivalent courses
48 that may be used to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (a).
49 Each licensing board that requires a licensee to complete a
50 continuing education an educational course pursuant to this
51 subsection may include the hour required for completion of the
52 course in the total hours of continuing education required by
53 law for the such profession, unless the continuing education
54 requirements for the such profession consist of fewer than 30
55 hours of continuing education biennially.
56 (d) Any person holding two or more licenses subject to the
57 provisions of this subsection must shall be permitted to show
58 proof of completion of having taken one board-approved course on
59 domestic violence and human trafficking, for purposes of
60 relicensure or recertification for additional licenses.
61 (e) Failure to comply with the requirements of this
62 subsection shall constitute grounds for disciplinary action
63 under each respective practice act and under s. 456.072(1)(k).
64 In addition to discipline by the board, the licensee shall be
65 required to complete the board-approved such course under this
66 subsection.
67 (2) Each board may adopt rules to carry out the provisions
68 of this section.
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71 And the title is amended as follows:
72 Delete lines 2 - 22
73 and insert:
74 An act relating to the health care workforce; amending
75 s. 110.12315, F.S.; expanding the categories of
76 persons who may prescribe brand name drugs under the
77 prescription drug program when medically necessary;
78 amending ss. 310.071, 310.073, and 310.081, F.S.;
79 exempting controlled substances prescribed by an
80 advanced registered nurse practitioner or a physician
81 assistant from the disqualifications for certification
82 or licensure, and for continued certification or
83 licensure, as a deputy pilot or state pilot; amending
84 s. 394.453, F.S.; revising legislative intent;
85 amending s. 394.467, F.S.; authorizing procedures for
86 recommending admission of a patient to a treatment
87 facility; amending s. 395.1051, F.S.; requiring a
88 hospital to provide specified advance notice to
89 certain obstetrical physicians before it closes its
90 obstetrical department or ceases to provide
91 obstetrical services; amending s. 397.451, F.S.;
92 revising provisions relating to exemptions from
93 disqualification for certain service provider
94 personnel; amending s. 456.031, F.S.; providing that
95 certain licensing boards must require specified
96 licensees to complete a specified continuing education
97 course that includes a section on human trafficking as
98 a condition of relicensure or recertification;
99 providing requirements and procedures related to the
100 course; amending s. 456.072, F.S.; providing