HB 1619 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Florida Retirement System; amending
3	s. 121.021, F.S.; redefining the term "special risk
4	member" for the purposes of the Florida Retirement System
5	to include certain members employed by certain public
6	acute care hospitals; amending s. 121.0515, F.S.; revising
7	criteria for membership in the Special Risk Class to
8	include certain members employed by certain public acute
9	care hospitals; providing a statement of important state
10	interest; providing an effective date.
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12	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14	Section 1. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (15) of
15	section 121.021, Florida Statutes, to read:
16	121.021 Definitions.--The following words and phrases as
17	used in this chapter have the respective meanings set forth
18	unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
19	(15)
20	(f) Effective July 1, 2003, "special risk member" includes
21	any member who is employed by a public acute care hospital which
22	serves as a trauma center and provides treatment to members of
23	the public with deadly or crippling infectious diseases, members
24	of the public who are accused or convicted of serious violent
25	crimes, members of the public who have been subjected to
26	hazardous materials or biological or chemical agents as a result
27	of terrorism or industrial accidents, or members of the public
28	with diseases the treatment of which requires interventions with
29	extremely toxic substances.
30	Section 2. Paragraph (h) is added to subsection (2) of
31	section 121.0515, Florida Statutes, to read:
32	121.0515 Special risk membership.--
33	(2) CRITERIA.--A member, to be designated as a special
34	risk member, must meet the following criteria:
35	(h) A member who is employed by a public acute care
36	hospital which serves as a trauma center and provides treatment
37	to members of the public with deadly or crippling infectious
38	diseases, members of the public who are accused or convicted of
39	serious violent crimes, members of the public who have been
40	subjected to hazardous materials or biological or chemical
41	agents as a result of terrorism or industrial accidents, or
42	members of the public with diseases the treatment of which
43	requires interventions with extremely toxic substances.
44	Section 3. The Legislature finds that in providing
45	treatment to members of the public with deadly or crippling
46	infectious diseases, members of the public who are accused or
47	convicted of serious violent crimes, members of the public who
48	have been subjected to hazardous materials or biological or
49	chemical agents as a result of terrorism or industrial
50	accidents, or members of the public with diseases the treatment
51	of which requires interventions with extremely toxic substances,
52	a member of the Florida Retirement System who is employed by a
53	public acute care hospital which serves as a trauma center, is
54	serving an important state interest and should be a member of
55	the Special Risk Class of the Florida Retirement System.
56	Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.