| 1 | The Health & Families Council recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to physicians; creating s. 381.0304, F.S.; |
| 7 | requiring the Division of Health Access and Tobacco of the |
| 8 | Department of Health to monitor, evaluate, and report on |
| 9 | the supply and distribution of allopathic physicians and |
| 10 | osteopathic physicians and medical education in the state; |
| 11 | requiring the division to report on the supply and |
| 12 | distribution of dentists in specified Agency for Health |
| 13 | Care Administration Medicaid service areas; providing an |
| 14 | appropriation; providing an effective date. |
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| 16 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 18 | Section 1. Section 381.0304, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 19 | to read: |
| 20 | 381.0304 Supply and distribution of physicians; |
| 21 | reports.--The Division of Health Access and Tobacco of the |
| 22 | department shall monitor, evaluate, and report on the supply and |
| 23 | distribution of allopathic physicians licensed under chapter 458 |
| 24 | and osteopathic physicians licensed under chapter 459 in this |
| 25 | state. The division shall develop a strategy to track and |
| 26 | analyze, on an ongoing basis, the distribution of state-licensed |
| 27 | physicians by specialty and geographic location using data that |
| 28 | are available from public and private sources. The division |
| 29 | shall develop a strategy to track and analyze on an ongoing |
| 30 | basis the relationship of undergraduate and graduate medical |
| 31 | education to the state's physician workforce, the number of |
| 32 | medical students and medical residents in the state, the number |
| 33 | of medical students and medical residents who are considered in- |
| 34 | state residents, the number of medical students in the state who |
| 35 | are placed in Florida-based residency programs, and the number |
| 36 | of physicians who complete their residency in the state and |
| 37 | continue to practice in the state. For the purpose of tracking |
| 38 | and analyzing medical education, the division shall use data |
| 39 | that are available from public and private sources, such as the |
| 40 | Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or |
| 41 | American Osteopathic Association (AOA). The division shall |
| 42 | submit a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, |
| 43 | and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by March 1, |
| 44 | 2008, and annually thereafter. |
| 45 | Section 2. The Division of Health Access and Tobacco of |
| 46 | the Department of Health shall analyze the supply and |
| 47 | distribution of state-licensed dentists in the Agency for Health |
| 48 | Care Administration's Areas One and Two using data that are |
| 49 | available from public and private sources. The division shall |
| 50 | determine whether such dentists are retired or working full |
| 51 | time. The division shall submit a preliminary report to the |
| 52 | Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the |
| 53 | House of Representatives by March 1, 2007, that identifies the |
| 54 | supply and distribution of state-licensed dentists in the Agency |
| 55 | for Health Care Administration's Areas One and Two, indicates |
| 56 | whether state-licensed dentists in such areas are retired or |
| 57 | working full time, and recommends strategies to improve a |
| 58 | broader distribution of dentists in such areas if a shortage or |
| 59 | maldistribution is determined to exist. The division shall |
| 60 | submit a final report to the Governor, the President of the |
| 61 | Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by March |
| 62 | 1, 2008. |
| 63 | Section 3. The sum of $161,148, of which $110,771 is |
| 64 | recurring, is appropriated from the Medical Quality Assurance |
| 65 | Trust Fund to the Department of Health, and one full-time |
| 66 | equivalent position at 36,245 in salary rate is authorized, to |
| 67 | implement this act for fiscal year 2006-2007. |
| 68 | Section 4. This act shall take effect October 1, 2006. |