Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1622
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11 The Committee on Health Care (Atwater) recommended the
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 2. Subsection (7) is added to section 400.602,
19 Florida Statutes, to read:
20 400.602 Licensure required; prohibited acts;
21 exemptions; display, transferability of license.--
22 (7) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 400.601(3),
23 any hospice that is organized as a for-profit corporation and
24 provides a continuum of palliative and supportive care for a
25 terminally ill patient and his or her family may obtain a
26 license in accordance with the other requirements of this part
27 and upon receipt of any certificate of need required under ss.
28 408.031-408.045 to provide care in hospice services areas
29 having populations of 550,000 or more, or in any hospice
30 service area where a for-profit hospice is currently licensed
31 to operate under subsection (6). The Agency for Health Care
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1622
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1 Administration shall use hospice service areas as published on
2 January 1, 2005. No later than January 1, 2007, the Agency for
3 Health Care Administration shall submit to the Legislature a
4 report analyzing the impact of for-profit hospices on the
5 delivery of care to terminally ill patients, including a
6 review of the quality of care, the change in the competitive
7 marketplace, and any other relevant information.
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13 And the title is amended as follows:
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17 amending s. 400.602, F.S.; providing for
18 licensure of hospices that meet specified
19 conditions; requiring a report to the
20 Legislature by the Agency for Health Care
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