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Florida Senate - 2003 SB 2298
By Senator Wilson
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Florida Retirement
3 System; amending s. 121.021, F.S.; redefining
4 the term "special risk member" for the purposes
5 of the Florida Retirement System to include
6 certain members employed by certain public
7 acute care hospitals; amending s. 121.0515,
8 F.S.; revising criteria for membership in the
9 special risk class to include certain members
10 employed by certain public acute care
11 hospitals; providing a statement of important
12 state interest; providing an effective date.
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14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16 Section 1. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (15)
17 of section 121.021, Florida Statutes, to read:
18 121.021 Definitions.--The following words and phrases
19 as used in this chapter have the respective meanings set forth
20 unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
21 (15)
22 (f) Effective July 1, 2003, "special risk member"
23 includes any member who is employed by a public acute care
24 hospital that serves as a trauma center and that provides
25 treatment to members of the public with deadly or crippling
26 infectious diseases, members of the public who are accused of
27 or convicted of serious violent crimes, members of the public
28 who have been subjected to hazardous materials or biological
29 or chemical agents as a result of terrorism or industrial
30 accidents, or members of the public with diseases the
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1 treatment of which requires interventions with extremely toxic
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3 Section 2. Paragraph (h) is added to subsection (2) of
4 section 121.0515, Florida Statutes, to read:
5 121.0515 Special risk membership.--
6 (2) CRITERIA.--A member, to be designated as a special
7 risk member, must meet the following criteria:
8 (h) A member who is employed by a public acute care
9 hospital that serves as a trauma center and that provides
10 treatment to members of the public with deadly or crippling
11 infectious diseases, members of the public who are accused of
12 or convicted of serious violent crimes, members of the public
13 who have been subjected to hazardous materials or biological
14 or chemical agents as a result of terrorism or industrial
15 accidents, or members of the public with diseases the
16 treatment of which requires interventions with extremely toxic
17 substances.
18 Section 3. The Legislature finds that in providing
19 treatment to members of the public with deadly or crippling
20 infectious diseases, members of the public who are accused of
21 or convicted of serious violent crimes, members of the public
22 who have been subjected to hazardous materials or biological
23 or chemical agents as a result of terrorism or industrial
24 accidents, or members of the public with diseases the
25 treatment of which requires interventions with extremely toxic
26 substances, a member of the Florida Retirement System who is
27 employed by a public acute care hospital that serves as a
28 trauma center is serving an important state interest and
29 should be a member of the special risk class of the Florida
30 Retirement System.
31 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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2 SENATE SUMMARY
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Includes a member of the Florida Retirement System in the
4 special risk class of the system if the member is
employed by a public acute care hospital that serves as a
5 trauma center and that provides treatment to members of
the public with deadly or crippling infectious diseases,
6 members of the public who are accused of or convicted of
serious violent crimes, members of the public who have
7 been subjected to hazardous materials or biological or
chemical agents as a result of terrorism or industrial
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treatment of which requires intervention with extremely
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