Senate Bill sb1622c2

    Florida Senate - 2005                    CS for CS for SB 1622

    By the Committees on Health and Human Services Appropriations;
    Health Care; and Senator Atwater




    603-2223-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to hospices; amending s.

  3         400.602, F.S.; providing for licensure of

  4         hospices that meet specified conditions;

  5         requiring a report to the Legislature by the

  6         Agency for Health Care Administration;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (6) of section 400.602, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended and subsection (7) is added to that

13  section, to read:

14         400.602  Licensure required; prohibited acts;

15  exemptions; display, transferability of license.--

16         (6)  Notwithstanding subsection (7) and s. 400.601(3),

17  at any time after July 1, 1995, any entity entitled to

18  licensure under subsection (5) may obtain a license for up to

19  two additional hospices in accordance with the other

20  requirements of this part and upon receipt of any certificate

21  of need that may be required under the provisions of ss.

22  408.031-408.045.

23         (7)(a)  Notwithstanding the provisions of s.

24  400.601(3), any hospice that is organized as a for-profit

25  corporation and provides a continuum of palliative and

26  supportive care for a terminally ill patient and his or her

27  family may obtain a license in accordance with the other

28  requirements of this part and upon receipt of any certificate

29  of need required under ss. 408.031-408.045 to provide care in:

30         1.  Hospice services areas having populations of

31  750,000 or more, except that it may not be located in any

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    Florida Senate - 2005                    CS for CS for SB 1622
    603-2223-05




 1  county in the service area which has a population of 550,000

 2  or less; or

 3         2.  A hospice service area in which a for-profit

 4  hospice is currently licensed to operate under subsections (5)

 5  or (6).

 6         (b)  The Agency for Health Care Administration shall

 7  use hospice service areas as published on January 1, 2005. No

 8  later than January 1, 2007, the Agency for Health Care

 9  Administration shall submit to the Legislature a report

10  analyzing the impact of for-profit hospices on the delivery of

11  care to terminally ill patients, including a review of the

12  quality of care, the change in the competitive marketplace,

13  and any other relevant information.

14         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

15  law.

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17          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
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      -  Provides that licensure of a for-profit hospice will only
21       be permitted in a hospice service area with a population
         of 750,000 or more, except that it may not be located in
22       any county in the service area which has a population of
         550,000 or less; or in an area where a for-profit hospice
23       is currently licensed to operate.

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