Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 1410
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11  The Committee on Health Care (Peaden) recommended the
12  following substitute for amendment (452978):
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 12, between lines 24 and 25,
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17  insert:  
18         Section 8.  The Division of Health Access and Tobacco
19  of the Department of Health shall analyze the supply and
20  distribution of Florida-licensed dentists in Medicaid Services
21  areas one and two of the Agency for Health Care Administration
22  using data that are available from public and private sources.
23  The division shall determine whether such dentists are retired
24  or working full-time. The division shall submit a preliminary
25  report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
26  Speaker of the House of Representatives by March 1, 2007,
27  which identifies the supply and distribution of
28  Florida-licensed dentists in Medicaid Services areas one and
29  two of the Agency for Health Care Administration, indicates
30  whether Florida-licensed dentists in such areas are retired or
31  working full-time, and recommends strategies to improve a
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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1410 Barcode 033826 1 broader distribution of dentists in these areas if a shortage 2 or maldistribution is determined to exist. The division shall 3 submit a final report to the presiding officer of each house 4 of the Legislature and the Governor by March 1, 2008. 5 6 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 7 8 9 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 10 And the title is amended as follows: 11 On page 1, lines 2-16, delete those lines 12 13 and insert: 14 An act relating to health care practitioners; 15 creating s. 381.0304, F.S.; requiring the 16 Division of Health Access and Tobacco within 17 the Department of Health to monitor, evaluate, 18 and report on the supply and distribution of 19 physicians and osteopathic physicians in 20 Florida; amending ss. 458.311, 458.313, F.S.; 21 requiring applicants for physician licensure to 22 submit core credentials to the Federation of 23 State Medical Boards for verification; 24 reenacting s. 458.347(7)(b), F.S., relating to 25 physician assistants, in order to incorporate 26 the amendment to s. 458.311, F.S., in a 27 reference thereto; amending ss. 458.316, 28 458.3165, 458.317, F.S.; conforming 29 cross-references; requiring the Division of 30 Health Access and Tobacco within the Department 31 of Health to report on the supply and 2 4:33 PM 03/08/06 s1410c-he02-b01
Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1410 Barcode 033826 1 distribution of dentists in specified Agency 2 for Health Care Administration Medicaid 3 Services areas; 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 4:33 PM 03/08/06 s1410c-he02-b01