Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1862
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/01/2018           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Broxson) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 456.0541, Florida Statutes is created to
    6  read:
    7         456.0541Physician Fee Sharing Task Force.—
    8         (1)The Physician Fee Sharing Task Force is created within
    9  the department. The department shall use existing and available
   10  resources to administer and support the activities of the task
   11  force under this section.
   12         (2)Members of the task force shall serve without
   13  compensation and are not entitled to reimbursement for per diem
   14  or travel expenses. The task force shall consist, at a minimum,
   15  of the following members:
   16         (a)The State Surgeon General or his or her designee, who
   17  shall serve as the chair of the task force.
   18         (b)The Secretary of Health Care Administration or his or
   19  her designee.
   20         (c)The Attorney General or his or her designee.
   21         (d)Two members of the Legislature appointed by the
   22  Governor.
   23         (e)Two members of the Senate appointed by the President of
   24  the Senate.
   25         (f)Two members of the House of Representatives appointed
   26  by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
   27         (g)Two representatives of hospitals or facilities licensed
   28  under chapter 395, who each regularly deal with health care
   29  fraud and abuse matters, particularly those relating to the
   30  federal False Claims Act, the federal Ethics in Patient
   31  Referrals Act of 1989, and anti-kickback issues, appointed by
   32  the Secretary of Health Care Administration.
   33         (h)One general counsel of a health insurer or his or her
   34  designee, who is familiar with health care fraud and abuse
   35  matters, particularly those relating to the federal False Claims
   36  Act, federal Ethics in Patient Referrals Act of 1989, and anti
   37  kickback issues, appointed by the Secretary of Health Care
   38  Administration.
   39         (i)Five health care practitioners, each of whom practices
   40  in a different area of medicine, appointed by the State Surgeon
   41  General.
   42         (j)One representative of an organization that represents
   43  health care practitioners and who is familiar with health care
   44  fraud and abuse matters, particularly those relating to the
   45  federal False Claims Act, federal Ethics in Patient Referrals
   46  Act of 1989, and anti-kickback issues, appointed by the
   47  President of the Senate.
   48         (k)One representative of The Florida Bar, whose practice
   49  area primarily involves health care fraud and abuse matters,
   50  particularly those relating to the federal False Claims Act,
   51  federal Ethics in Patient Referrals Act of 1989, and anti
   52  kickback issues, appointed by the Executive Director of The
   53  Florida Bar.
   54         (l)Two representatives from companies whose primary
   55  business function is the development and deployment of a
   56  certified electronic health record, appointed by the Speaker of
   57  the House of Representatives.
   58         (m)Two representatives from companies whose primary
   59  business function is the development and deployment of health
   60  information technology, such as population health or data
   61  analytics, which is not a certified electronic health record,
   62  appointed by the President of the Senate.
   63         (n)Two representatives from a company whose primary
   64  business function is the development and deployment of smart
   65  medical devices, such as remote patient monitoring, appointed by
   66  the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
   67         (o)One representative from an investment company whose
   68  investment portfolio is comprised of at least 20 percent in
   69  health information technology investments, appointed by the
   70  President of the Senate.
   71         (3)The task force shall develop and evaluate policy
   72  proposals to address barriers to innovation and modernization of
   73  provider payment models created by the federal Ethics in Patient
   74  Referrals Act of 1989, the Florida Patient Self-Referral Act of
   75  1992, federal and state anti-kickback laws, and the state
   76  patient brokering law, including policy proposals for:
   77         (a)Implementing and maintaining alternative payment
   78  models.
   79         (b)Increasing or extending existing safe harbor provisions
   80  to include physician practice groups.
   81         (c)Reforming the liability standard for violations.
   82         (4)The task force shall convene its first meeting by June
   83  1, 2018, and shall meet as often as necessary to fulfill its
   84  responsibilities under this section. Meetings may be conducted
   85  in person, by teleconference, or by other electronic means.
   86         (5)The task force shall submit a report by December 1,
   87  2018, to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
   88  Speaker of the House of Representatives which includes its
   89  findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
   90         (6)This section expires January 1, 2019.
   91         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
   92  
   93  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   94  And the title is amended as follows:
   95         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   96  and insert:
   97                        A bill to be entitled                      
   98         An act relating to the Physician Fee Sharing Task
   99         Force; creating s. 456.0541, F.S.; establishing the
  100         Physician Fee Sharing Task Force within the Department
  101         of Health; providing for duties, membership, and
  102         meetings of the task force; requiring a report to the
  103         Governor and Legislature by a specified date;
  104         providing for expiration of the task force; providing
  105         an effective date.