e2432032
House
h0900-99
h0913
2002
AA
913362
Senator Campbell moved the following amendment to amendment
(913362):
On page 79, between lines 14 and 15,
On page 85, line 26,




                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 913, 2nd Eng.

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11  Senator Campbell 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 and 15,

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17  insert:

18         Section 27.  Present subsections (9), (10), (26), and

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

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

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

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

23  are added to that section, to read:

24         395.002  Definitions.--As used in this chapter:

25         (9)  "Emergency medical condition" means:

26         (a)  A medical condition manifesting itself by acute

27  symptoms of sufficient severity, which may include severe

28  pain, psychiatric disturbances, symptoms of substance abuse,

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

30  medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in

31  any of the following:

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  1         1.  Serious jeopardy to patient health, including a

  2  pregnant woman or fetus.

  3         2.  Serious impairment to bodily functions.

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

  5         (b)  With respect to a pregnant woman:

  6         1.  That there is inadequate time to effect safe

  7  transfer to another hospital prior to delivery;

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

  9  safety of the patient or fetus; or

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

11  of uterine contractions or rupture of the membranes.

12         (c)  With respect to a person exhibiting acute

13  psychiatric disturbance or substance abuse, or taken into

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

15  order for examination or placed by an authorized party for

16  involuntary examination in accordance with chapter 394 or

17  chapter 397, that the absence of immediate medical attention

18  could reasonably be expected to result in:

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

20         2.  Serious jeopardy to the health of others.

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

22  provider licensed pursuant to chapter 401.

23         (11)(10)  "Emergency services and care" means medical

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

25  the extent permitted by applicable law, by other appropriate

26  personnel under the supervision of a physician, to determine

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

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

29  stabilize relieve or eliminate the emergency medical

30  condition, within the service capability of the facility.

31         (23)  "Medically unnecessary procedure" means a

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  1  surgical or other invasive procedure that no reasonable

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

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

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

  5         (28)(26)  "Service capability" means the physical

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

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

  8  provide within the training and scope of their professional

  9  licenses and hospital privileges all services offered by the

10  facility where identification of services offered is evidenced

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

12  or itemized bill.

13         (32)(30)  "Stabilized" means, with respect to an

14  emergency medical condition, that no material deterioration of

15  the condition is likely, within reasonable medical

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

17  patient from a hospital.

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21  And the title is amended as follows:

22         On page 85, line 26, after the semicolon

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25         amending s. 395.002, F.S.; revising definitions

26         relating to emergency services and care

27         provided by hospitals and related facilities;

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