c2413140
Senate
s0300-98
s0370
2002
AA
104940
Senator Campbell moved the following amendment to amendment
(104940):
On page 30, line 29, through
   page 31, line 7,




                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 413140

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11  Senator Campbell moved the following amendment to amendment

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 30, line 29, through

16            page 31, line 7, delete those lines

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18  and insert:

19         Section 33.  Present subsections (9), (10), (26), and

20  (30) of section 395.002, Florida Statutes, are amended,

21  present subsections (10) through (21) and (22) through (33)

22  are renumbered as subsections (11) through (22) and (24)

23  through (35), respectively, and new subsections (10) and (23)

24  are added to that section, to read:

25         395.002  Definitions.--As used in this chapter:

26         (9)  "Emergency medical condition" means:

27         (a)  A medical condition manifesting itself by acute

28  symptoms of sufficient severity, which may include severe

29  pain, psychiatric disturbances, symptoms of substance abuse,

30  or other acute symptoms, such that the absence of immediate

31  medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in

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  1  any of the following:

  2         1.  Serious jeopardy to patient health, including a

  3  pregnant woman or fetus.

  4         2.  Serious impairment to bodily functions.

  5         3.  Serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part.

  6         (b)  With respect to a pregnant woman:

  7         1.  That there is inadequate time to effect safe

  8  transfer to another hospital prior to delivery;

  9         2.  That a transfer may pose a threat to the health and

10  safety of the patient or fetus; or

11         3.  That there is evidence of the onset and persistence

12  of uterine contractions or rupture of the membranes.

13         (c)  With respect to a person exhibiting acute

14  psychiatric disturbance or substance abuse, or taken into

15  custody and delivered to a hospital under a court ex parte

16  order for examination or placed by an authorized party for

17  involuntary examination in accordance with chapter 394 or

18  chapter 397, that the absence of immediate medical attention

19  could reasonably be expected to result in:

20         1.  Serious jeopardy to the health of a patient; or

21         2.  Serious jeopardy to the health of others.

22         (10)  "Emergency medical services provider" means a

23  provider licensed pursuant to chapter 401.

24         (11)(10)  "Emergency services and care" means medical

25  screening, examination, and evaluation by a physician, or, to

26  the extent permitted by applicable law, by other appropriate

27  personnel under the supervision of a physician, to determine

28  if an emergency medical condition exists and, if it does, the

29  care, treatment, or surgery by a physician necessary to

30  stabilize relieve or eliminate the emergency medical

31  condition, within the service capability of the facility.

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  1         (23)  "Medically unnecessary procedure" means a

  2  surgical or other invasive procedure that no reasonable

  3  physician, in light of the patient's history and available

  4  diagnostic information, would deem to be indicated in order to

  5  treat, cure, or palliate the patient's condition or disease.

  6         (28)(26)  "Service capability" means the physical

  7  space, equipment, supplies, and services that the hospital

  8  provides and the level of care that the medical staff can

  9  provide within the training and scope of their professional

10  licenses and hospital privileges all services offered by the

11  facility where identification of services offered is evidenced

12  by the appearance of the service in a patient's medical record

13  or itemized bill.

14         (32)(30)  "Stabilized" means, with respect to an

15  emergency medical condition, that no material deterioration of

16  the condition is likely, within reasonable medical

17  probability, to result from the transfer or discharge of the

18  patient from a hospital.

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22  And the title is amended as follows:

23         On page 100, lines 25 and 26, delete those lines

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25  and insert:

26         395.002, F.S.; revising definitions relating to

27         emergency services and care provided by

28         hospitals and related facilities; amending s.

29         395.0161,

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