Senate Bill 1578

    Florida Senate - 2000                                  SB 1578

    By Senator Horne





    6-1106-00

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to University Hospital of

  3         Jacksonville and Faculty Clinic; amending s.

  4         240.5135, F.S.; changing references to Shands

  5         Jacksonville Healthcare, Inc., and expanding

  6         the entities that may be insured under it;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Section 240.5135, Florida Statutes, is

12  amended to read:

13         240.5135  Shands University Hospital of Jacksonville

14  Healthcare, Inc. and Faculty Clinic; Board of Regents

15  authorized to provide insurance.--The Board of Regents is

16  authorized to provide to Shands University Hospital of

17  Jacksonville Healthcare and Faculty Clinic, Inc., and its

18  not-for-profit subsidiaries and affiliates and any successor

19  corporation that acts in support of the Board of Regents,

20  comprehensive general liability coverage insurance, including

21  professional liability, from the self-insurance programs

22  insurance trust funds established pursuant to s. 240.213.

23         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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26                          SENATE SUMMARY

27    Changes references from University Hospital of
      Jacksonville and Faculty Clinic to Shands Jacksonville
28    Healthcare, Inc., and authorizes the Board of Regents to
      provide liability insurance for its affiliates,
29    subsidiaries, and successors.

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