Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1332
                        Barcode 362988
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11  The Committee on Health and Human Services Appropriations
12  (Bennett) recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment 
15         On page 7, lines 16-21, delete those lines
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18         1.  Make available patient-safety indicators, inpatient
19  quality indicators, and performance outcome and patient charge
20  data collected from health care facilities pursuant to s.
21  408.061(1)(a) and (2). The terms "patient-safety indicators"
22  and "inpatient quality indicators" shall be defined by the
23  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Studies, the National
24  Quality Forum, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
25  Healthcare Organizations, the Agency for Healthcare Research
26  and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
27  or a similar national entity that establishes standards to
28  measure the performance of health care providers, or by other
29  states. The agency shall determine which
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