Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2214
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11  The Committee on Children and Families (Fasano) recommended
12  the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
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18         Section 1.  Subsection (3) is added to section 383.335,
19  Florida Statutes, to read:
20         383.335  Partial exemptions.--
21         (3)  Any facility that is located in trauma district
22  17, owned and operated by a board-certified obstetrician as of
23  June 15, 2006, and subject to licensure under ss.
24  383.30-383.335 is exempt from the prohibition against
25  providing conduction anesthesia contained in s. 383.313(3) for
26  3 years. The facility must be located within 1 mile of a
27  hospital that has a neonatal intensive care unit and must have
28  a written transfer agreement with such hospital. Within the
29  first 24 months of operation, the agency shall review the
30  safety and outcome data for patients served in order to
31  determine the viability of statewide application of the
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    Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2214
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 7  And the title is amended as follows:
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11         amending s. 383.335, F.S.; exempting certain
12         facilities from a provision prohibiting a birth
13         center from providing conduction anesthesia;
14         requiring that the Agency for Health Care
15         Administration review patient safety data for
16         purposes of determining the viability of
17         statewide application of the exemption;
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