| 1 | Representative Green offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 166 and 167, insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. (1) As used in this section, the term "health |
| 6 | care practitioner" means a physician or physician assistant |
| 7 | licensed under chapter 458, Florida Statutes; an osteopathic |
| 8 | physician or physician assistant licensed under chapter 459, |
| 9 | Florida Statutes; a chiropractic physician licensed under |
| 10 | chapter 460, Florida Statutes; a podiatric physician licensed |
| 11 | under chapter 461, Florida Statutes; an advanced registered |
| 12 | nurse practitioner, registered nurse, or licensed practical |
| 13 | nurse licensed under part I of chapter 464, Florida Statutes; a |
| 14 | dentist or dental hygienist licensed under chapter 466, Florida |
| 15 | Statutes; or a midwife licensed under chapter 467, Florida |
| 16 | Statutes, who participates as a health care provider under s. |
| 17 | 766.1115, Florida Statutes. |
| 18 | (2) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 458, chapter |
| 19 | 459, chapter 460, chapter 461, part I of chapter 464, chapter |
| 20 | 466, or chapter 467, Florida Statutes, to the contrary, any |
| 21 | health care practitioner who participates as a health care |
| 22 | provider under s. 766.1115, Florida Statutes, and thereby agrees |
| 23 | with a governmental contractor to provide his or her services |
| 24 | without compensation and as an agent of the governmental |
| 25 | contractor to low-income recipients in accordance with s. |
| 26 | 766.1115, Florida Statutes, for at least 80 hours a year for |
| 27 | each year during the biennial licensure period, or, if the |
| 28 | health care practitioner is retired, for at least 400 hours a |
| 29 | year for each year during the licensure period, upon providing |
| 30 | sufficient proof from the applicable governmental contractor |
| 31 | that the health care practitioner has completed the hours at the |
| 32 | time of license renewal under procedures specified by the |
| 33 | Department of Health, shall be eligible for: |
| 34 | (a) Waiver of the biennial license renewal fee for an |
| 35 | active license; and |
| 36 | (b) Fulfillment of a maximum of 25 percent of the |
| 37 | continuing education hours required for license renewal under s. |
| 38 | 456.013(9), Florida Statutes. |
| 39 | Section 3. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 381.00593, |
| 40 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 41 | 381.00593 Public school volunteer health care practitioner |
| 42 | program.-- |
| 43 | (3) For purposes of this section, the term "health care |
| 44 | practitioner" means a physician licensed under chapter 458; an |
| 45 | osteopathic physician licensed under chapter 459; a chiropractic |
| 46 | physician licensed under chapter 460; a podiatric physician |
| 47 | licensed under chapter 461; an optometrist licensed under |
| 48 | chapter 463; an advanced registered nurse practitioner, |
| 49 | registered nurse, or licensed practical nurse licensed under |
| 50 | part I of chapter 464; a pharmacist licensed under chapter 465; |
| 51 | a dentist or dental hygienist licensed under chapter 466; a |
| 52 | midwife licensed under chapter 467; a speech-language |
| 53 | pathologist or audiologist licensed under part I of chapter 468; |
| 54 | a dietitian/nutritionist licensed under part X of chapter 468; |
| 55 | or a physical therapist licensed under chapter 486. |
| 56 | (4)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 458, |
| 57 | chapter 459, chapter 460, chapter 461, chapter 463, part I of |
| 58 | chapter 464, chapter 465, chapter 466, chapter 467, parts part I |
| 59 | and X of chapter 468, or chapter 486 to the contrary, any health |
| 60 | care practitioner who participates in the program established in |
| 61 | this section and thereby agrees to provide his or her services, |
| 62 | without compensation, in a public school for at least 80 hours a |
| 63 | year for each school year during the biennial licensure period, |
| 64 | or, if the health care practitioner is retired, for at least 400 |
| 65 | hours a year for each school year during the licensure period, |
| 66 | upon providing sufficient proof from the applicable school |
| 67 | district that the health care practitioner has completed such |
| 68 | hours at the time of license renewal under procedures specified |
| 69 | by the Department of Health, shall be eligible for the |
| 70 | following: |
| 71 | 1. Waiver of the biennial license renewal fee for an |
| 72 | active license; and |
| 73 | 2. Fulfillment of a maximum of 25 percent of the |
| 74 | continuing education hours required for license renewal under, |
| 75 | pursuant to s. 456.013(9). |
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| 77 | The school district may establish a schedule for health care |
| 78 | practitioners who participate in the program. |
| 79 | (b) A health care practitioner must complete all forms and |
| 80 | procedures for participation in the program prior to the |
| 81 | applicable license renewal date. |
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| 84 | Remove lines 10-13 and insert: |
| 85 | as health care providers; requiring the Department of Health to |
| 86 | adopt certain rules to specify methods for determination and |
| 87 | approval of patient eligibility; providing requirements for such |
| 88 | rules; defining the term "health care practitioner"; providing |
| 89 | for waiver of biennial license renewal fees and fulfillment of a |
| 90 | portion of continuing education hours for specified health care |
| 91 | practitioners who provide services, without compensation, to |
| 92 | low-income recipients as agents of governmental contractors; |
| 93 | amending s. 381.00593, F.S.; providing that for purposes of the |
| 94 | public school volunteer health care practitioner program, a |
| 95 | licensed dietitian/nutritionist is a health care practitioner; |
| 96 | providing an |