Senate Bill 1578e1
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to university health care;
3 amending s. 240.513, F.S.; revising language
4 with respect to the J. Hillis Miller Health
5 Center; authorizing the nonprofit corporation
6 leasing the facility to operate certain other
7 facilities and programs; amending s. 626.852,
8 F.S.; providing that part VI of the Florida
9 Insurance Code regulating adjusters does not
10 apply to employees or agents of the Board of
11 Regents; amending s. 240.5135, F.S.; changing
12 references to Shands Jacksonville Healthcare,
13 Inc., and expanding the entities that may be
14 insured under it; providing an effective date.
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16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
19 240.513, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20 240.513 University of Florida; J. Hillis Miller Health
21 Center.--
22 (4)(a) The State Board of Education shall lease the
23 hospital facilities of the health center, known as the Shands
24 Teaching Hospital and Clinics, and consisting of Building 446
25 and parts of Buildings 204 and 205 on the campus of the
26 University of Florida and all furnishings, equipment, and
27 other chattels or choses in action used in the operation of
28 the hospital, to a private nonprofit corporation organized
29 solely for the purpose of operating the hospital and ancillary
30 health care facilities of the health center and other health
31 care facilities and programs determined to be necessary by the
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1 board of the nonprofit corporation. The rental for the
2 hospital facilities shall be an amount equal to the debt
3 service on bonds or revenue certificates issued solely for
4 capital improvements to the hospital facilities or as
5 otherwise provided by law. The board shall request
6 recommendations from the Board of Regents of the State
7 University System as to the terms of the lease not otherwise
8 provided for in this act.
9 Section 2. Section 626.852, Florida Statutes, is
10 amended to read:
11 626.852 Scope of this part.--
12 (1) This part applies only to insurance adjusters as
13 defined in this part.
14 (2) Unless otherwise required by context, the term
15 "adjusters" as used in this part applies to all licensees
16 defined as any type of adjuster.
17 (3) This part does not apply as to life insurance or
18 annuity contracts.
19 (4) This part does not apply to third-party
20 administrators or a person employed by a third-party
21 administrator holding a certificate of authority pursuant to
22 ss. 626.88-626.894.
23 (5) This part does not apply to any employee or agent
24 of the Board of Regents providing services in support of any
25 self-insurance program adopted by such Board of Regents.
26 Section 3. Section 240.5135, Florida Statutes, is
27 amended to read:
28 240.5135 Shands University Hospital of Jacksonville
29 Healthcare, Inc. and Faculty Clinic; Board of Regents
30 authorized to provide insurance.--The Board of Regents is
31 authorized to provide to Shands University Hospital of
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1 Jacksonville Healthcare and Faculty Clinic, Inc., and its
2 not-for-profit subsidiaries and affiliates and any successor
3 corporation that acts in support of the Board of Regents,
4 comprehensive general liability coverage insurance, including
5 professional liability, from the self-insurance programs
6 insurance trust funds established pursuant to s. 240.213.
7 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.
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