SENATE AMENDMENT
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Amendment No. ___ Barcode 702198
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 33. Subsection (1) of section 408.036, Florida
18 Statutes, to read:
19 408.036 Projects subject to review; exemptions.--
20 (1) APPLICABILITY.--Unless exempt under subsection
21 (3), all health-care-related projects, as described in
22 paragraphs (a)-(h), are subject to review and must file an
23 application for a certificate of need with the agency. The
24 agency is exclusively responsible for determining whether a
25 health-care-related project is subject to review under ss.
26 408.031-408.045.
27 (a) The addition of beds by new construction or
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29 (b) The new construction or establishment of
30 additional health care facilities, including a replacement
31 health care facility when the proposed project site is not
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1 located on the same site as the existing health care facility.
2 (c) The conversion from one type of health care
3 facility to another.
4 (d) An increase in the total licensed bed capacity of
5 a health care facility.
6 (e) The establishment of a hospice or hospice
7 inpatient facility, except as provided in s. 408.043.
8 (f) The establishment of inpatient health services by
9 a health care facility, or a substantial change in such
10 services.
11 (g) An increase in the number of beds for acute care,
12 nursing home care beds, specialty burn units, neonatal
13 intensive care units, comprehensive rehabilitation, mental
14 health services, or hospital-based distinct part skilled
15 nursing units, or at a long-term care hospital.
16 (h) The establishment of tertiary health services.
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18 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the addition of
19 acute care beds at a hospital with existing acute care beds
20 licensed under chapter 395 is not subject to
21 certificate-of-need review.
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27 And the title is amended as follows:
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31 amending s. 408.036, F.S.; providing that
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