SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1762
    Amendment No. 2   Barcode 953522
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11  The Committee on Home Defense, Public Security, and Ports
12  recommended the following amendment:
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18         (14)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
19  section and rules adopted pursuant to this section that impose
20  time limits on the applications by hospitals seeking approval
21  and verification to operate as a trauma center, any acute care
22  general or pediatric hospital that has not already been
23  previously approved may apply beginning on July 1, 2004, to
24  the Department of Health for approval and verification to
25  operate as a provisional trauma center or trauma center within
26  the framework and substantive requirements under this part.
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