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2 An act relating to acute care hospitals;
3 amending s. 408.043, F.S.; providing for
4 certain acute care hospitals in high growth
5 counties to add additional beds without the
6 approval of the Agency for Health Care
7 Administration; providing for notice; providing
8 an effective date.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Subsection (5) is added to section 408.043,
13 Florida Statutes, to read:
14 408.043 Special provisions.--
15 (5) SOLE ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS IN HIGH GROWTH
16 COUNTIES.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
17 acute care hospital licensed under chapter 395 may add up to
18 180 additional beds without agency review if such hospital is
19 located in a county that has experienced at least a 60-percent
20 growth rate for the most recent 10-year period for which data
21 are available as determined by using the population statistics
22 published in the most recent edition of the Florida
23 Statistical Abstract, is the sole acute care hospital in the
24 county, and is the only acute care hospital within a 10-mile
25 radius of another hospital. A hospital shall provide written
26 notice to the agency that it qualifies under this subsection
27 prior to the addition of beds. Such projects shall not be
28 subject to challenge under s. 408.039 or chapter 120. Acute
29 care beds added under this subsection shall not be included in
30 the inventory of hospital beds used by the agency in the
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1 calculation of the fixed-bed-need pool for acute care
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3 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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