SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS/HB 913, 2nd Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 230792
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11  Senator Sullivan moved the following amendment to amendment
12  (913362):
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 79, between lines 14 & 15,
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18         Section 27.  (1)  Effective July 1, 2002, all powers,
19  duties, functions, records, personnel, property, and
20  unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other
21  funds of the Agency for Health Care Administration which
22  relate to consumer complaint services, investigations, and
23  prosecutorial services currently provided by the Agency for
24  Health Care Administration under a contract with the
25  Department of Health are transferred to the Department of
26  Health by a type two transfer, as defined in section 20.06(2),
27  Florida Statutes.  This transfer of funds shall include all
28  advance payments made from the Medical Quality Assurance Trust
29  Fund to the Agency for Health Care Administration.
30         (2)(a)  Effective July 1, 2002, 279 full-time
31  equivalent positions are eliminated from the Agency for Health
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/HB 913, 2nd Eng. Amendment No. ___ Barcode 230792 1 Care Administration's total number of authorized positions. 2 Effective July 1, 2002, 279 full-time equivalent positions are 3 authorized for the Department of Health, to be added to the 4 department's total number of authorized positions. However, 5 if the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2002-2003 6 reduces the number of positions from the practitioner 7 regulation component at the Agency for Health Care 8 Administration, that provision shall be construed to eliminate 9 the full-time equivalent positions from the practitioner 10 regulation component, which is hereby transferred to the 11 Department of Health, thereby resulting in no more than 279 12 positions being eliminated from the agency and no more than 13 279 positions being authorized to the department. 14 (b) All records, personnel, and funds of the consumer 15 complaint and investigative services units of the agency are 16 transferred and assigned to the Division of Medical Quality 17 Assurance of the Department of Health. 18 (c) All records, personnel, and funds of the health 19 care practitioner prosecutorial unit of the agency are 20 transferred and assigned to the Office of the General Counsel 21 of the Department of Health. 22 (3) The Department of Health is deemed the successor 23 in interest in all legal proceedings and contracts currently 24 involving the Agency for Health Care Administration and 25 relating to health care practitioner regulation. Except as 26 provided herein, no legal proceeding shall be dismissed, nor 27 any contract terminated, on the basis of this type two 28 transfer. The interagency agreement between the Department of 29 Health and the Agency for Health Care Administration shall 30 terminate on June 30, 2002. 31 Section 28. Paragraph (g) of subsection (3) of section 2 8:33 PM 03/20/02 h0913c1c-22r8i
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/HB 913, 2nd Eng. Amendment No. ___ Barcode 230792 1 20.43, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2 20.43 Department of Health.--There is created a 3 Department of Health. 4 (3) The following divisions of the Department of 5 Health are established: 6 (g) Division of Medical Quality Assurance, which is 7 responsible for the following boards and professions 8 established within the division: 9 1. The Board of Acupuncture, created under chapter 10 457. 11 2. The Board of Medicine, created under chapter 458. 12 3. The Board of Osteopathic Medicine, created under 13 chapter 459. 14 4. The Board of Chiropractic Medicine, created under 15 chapter 460. 16 5. The Board of Podiatric Medicine, created under 17 chapter 461. 18 6. Naturopathy, as provided under chapter 462. 19 7. The Board of Optometry, created under chapter 463. 20 8. The Board of Nursing, created under part I of 21 chapter 464. 22 9. Nursing assistants, as provided under part II of 23 chapter 464. 24 10. The Board of Pharmacy, created under chapter 465. 25 11. The Board of Dentistry, created under chapter 466. 26 12. Midwifery, as provided under chapter 467. 27 13. The Board of Speech-Language Pathology and 28 Audiology, created under part I of chapter 468. 29 14. The Board of Nursing Home Administrators, created 30 under part II of chapter 468. 31 15. The Board of Occupational Therapy, created under 3 8:33 PM 03/20/02 h0913c1c-22r8i
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/HB 913, 2nd Eng. Amendment No. ___ Barcode 230792 1 part III of chapter 468. 2 16. The Board of Respiratory Care therapy, as created 3 provided under part V of chapter 468. 4 17. Dietetics and nutrition practice, as provided 5 under part X of chapter 468. 6 18. The Board of Athletic Training, created under part 7 XIII of chapter 468. 8 19. The Board of Orthotists and Prosthetists, created 9 under part XIV of chapter 468. 10 20. Electrolysis, as provided under chapter 478. 11 21. The Board of Massage Therapy, created under 12 chapter 480. 13 22. The Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel, 14 created under part III of chapter 483. 15 23. Medical physicists, as provided under part IV of 16 chapter 483. 17 24. The Board of Opticianry, created under part I of 18 chapter 484. 19 25. The Board of Hearing Aid Specialists, created 20 under part II of chapter 484. 21 26. The Board of Physical Therapy Practice, created 22 under chapter 486. 23 27. The Board of Psychology, created under chapter 24 490. 25 28. School psychologists, as provided under chapter 26 490. 27 29. The Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and 28 Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling, created under 29 chapter 491. 30 31 The department may contract with the Agency for Health Care 4 8:33 PM 03/20/02 h0913c1c-22r8i
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/HB 913, 2nd Eng. Amendment No. ___ Barcode 230792 1 Administration who shall provide consumer complaint, 2 investigative, and prosecutorial services required by the 3 Division of Medical Quality Assurance, councils, or boards, as 4 appropriate. 5 6 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 7 8 9 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 10 And the title is amended as follows: 11 On page 85, line 26, after the semicolon, 12 13 insert: 14 transferring to the Department of Health the 15 powers, duties, functions, and assets that 16 relate to the consumer complaint services, 17 investigations, and prosecutorial services 18 performed by the Agency for Health Care 19 Administration under contract with the 20 department; transferring full-time equivalent 21 positions and the practitioner regulation 22 component from the agency to the department; 23 amending s. 20.43, F.S.; deleting the provision 24 authorizing the department to enter into such 25 contract with the agency, to conform; updating 26 a reference to provide the name of a regulatory 27 board under the Division of Medical Quality 28 Assurance; 29 30 31 5 8:33 PM 03/20/02 h0913c1c-22r8i