SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1062, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 890312
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11 Senator Jones moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 16. Subsection (13) is added to section
19 400.9935, Florida Statutes, to read:
20 400.9935 Clinic responsibilities.--
21 (13) The clinic shall display a sign in a conspicuous
22 location within the clinic readily visible to all patients
23 indicating that pursuant to s. 626.9892, the Department of
24 Financial Services may pay rewards of up to $25,000 to persons
25 providing information leading to the arrest and conviction of
26 persons committing crimes investigated by the Division of
27 Insurance Fraud arising from violations of s. 440.105, s.
28 624.15, s. 626.9541, s. 626.989, or s. 817.234. An authorized
29 employee of the Division of Insurance Fraud may make
30 unannounced inspections of clinics licensed pursuant to this
31 part as are necessary to determine that the clinic is in
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1 compliance with this subsection. A licensed clinic shall allow
2 full and complete access to the premises to such authorized
3 employee of the division who makes an inspection to determine
4 compliance with this subsection.
5 Section 17. Section 395.1053, Florida Statutes, is
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7 395.1053 Notice of reward to be posted.--Each hospital
8 shall display a sign in a conspicuous location within the
9 hospital readily visible to all patients indicating that,
10 pursuant to s. 626.9892, the Department of Financial Services
11 may pay rewards of up to $25,000 to persons providing
12 information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons
13 committing crimes investigated by the Division of Insurance
14 Fraud arising from violations of s. 440.105, s. 624.15, s.
15 626.9541, s. 626.989, or s. 817.234. An authorized employee of
16 the Division of Insurance Fraud may make unannounced
17 inspections of any hospital as are necessary to determine that
18 the hospital is in compliance with this section. A hospital
19 shall allow full and complete access to the premises to such
20 authorized employee of the division who makes an inspection to
21 determine compliance with this section.
22 Section 18. A physician-operated walk-in clinic that
23 operates with or without appointments and with extended hours
24 and that does not hold itself out to the public as an
25 emergency center shall display a sign in a conspicuous
26 location within the clinic readily visible to all patients
27 indicating that, pursuant to section 626.9892, Florida
28 Statutes, the Department of Financial Services may pay rewards
29 of up to $25,000 to persons providing information leading to
30 the arrest and conviction of persons committing crimes
31 investigated by the Division of Insurance Fraud arising from
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1 violations of section 440.105, Florida Statutes, section
2 624.15, Florida Statutes, section 626.9541, Florida Statutes,
3 section 626.989, Florida Statutes, or section 817.234, Florida
4 Statutes. An authorized employee of the Division of Insurance
5 Fraud may make unannounced inspections of any walk-in clinic
6 as are necessary to determine that the clinic is in compliance
7 with this section. A walk-in clinic shall allow full and
8 complete access to the premises to such authorized employee of
9 the division who makes an inspection to determine compliance
10 with this section.
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16 And the title is amended as follows:
17 On page 3, lines 10-14, delete those lines
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20 amending s. 400.9935, F.S.; providing for
21 posting of signs in health care facilities
22 relating to rewards for information concerning
23 specified crimes investigated by the Division
24 of Insurance Fraud; providing for inspections
25 by an employee of the division; creating s.
26 395.1053, F.S.; providing for posting of signs
27 in hospitals relating to rewards for
28 information concerning specified crimes
29 investigated by the Division of Insurance
30 Fraud; providing for inspections by an employee
31 of the division; providing for posting of signs
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1 in physician-operated walk-in clinics relating
2 to rewards for information concerning specified
3 crimes investigated by the Division of
4 Insurance Fraud; providing for inspections by
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