Senate Bill sb2234

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2234

    By Senator Dawson





    29-1455-03                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Uninsured Task Force;

  3         providing a legislative finding; creating the

  4         Uninsured Task Force; providing for membership;

  5         providing purposes and duties; requiring a

  6         report; providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  (1)  The Legislature finds that many of our

11  state's hospitals are incurring millions of dollars in costs

12  for treating uninsured persons.

13         (2)(a)  The Uninsured Task Force is established for the

14  purpose of investigating how to reduce the cost of treating

15  uninsured persons.

16         (b)  The task force shall be comprised of one

17  representative each from:

18         1.  The Orange County Medical Society.

19         2.  The Florida Academy of Family Practitioners.

20         3.  A faith-based health care provider.

21         4.  A progress health maintenance organization.

22         5.  The Central Florida Partnership on Health

23  Disparities.

24         6.  The Department of Health.

25         7.  The Association of Community Health Centers.

26         Hospital.

27         8.  The Florida Chamber of Commerce.

28         9.  The Emergency Management Service Organization.

29         10.  Enterprise Florida, Inc.

30         11.  The Florida Hospital Association.

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2234
    29-1455-03                                              See HB




 1  The task force shall also include the Chief Financial Officer

 2  for the Broward County Hospital and the Deputy Director of

 3  Orange County.

 4         (c)  The task force shall develop innovative solutions

 5  for treating the uninsured, reducing the caseloads in the

 6  emergency rooms of our hospitals, and streamlining the

 7  resources, treatment centers, community health centers, county

 8  health clinics, and other health care facilities that treat

 9  uninsured persons.

10         (3)  The task force shall select a chair and shall meet

11  at the call of the chair but at least once each month. Members

12  of the task force shall serve without compensation but shall

13  be entitled to reimbursement for travel and per diem expenses

14  as provided in section 112.061, Florida Statutes.

15         (4)  The task force shall develop solutions, make

16  recommendations, and report to the President of the Senate and

17  the Speaker of the House of Representatives at the beginning

18  of the 2004 Regular Session.

19         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

20  law.

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