HB 523

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Florida Center for Nursing;
3	amending s. 464.0195, F.S.; requiring the Florida Center
4	for Nursing and the Board of Nursing to develop a
5	specified survey to further the center's goals; requiring
6	the board to transfer a specified sum of each nursing
7	licensure and licensure renewal fee to the Florida Center
8	for Nursing Trust Fund for specified uses; providing fee
9	limitations on the board; amending s. 464.0196, F.S.;
10	revising membership and term-limit criteria for the
11	center's board of directors; providing an effective date.
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13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15	Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and subsection
16	(3) of section 464.0195, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
17	464.0195  Florida Center for Nursing; goals.--
18	(2)  The primary goals for the center shall be to:
19	(a)  Develop a strategic statewide plan for nursing
20	manpower in this state by:
21	1.  Establishing and maintaining a database on nursing
22	supply and demand in the state, to include current supply and
23	demand, and future projections; and
24	2.  Selecting from the plan priorities to be addressed;
25	and.
26	3.  Working with the Board of Nursing to develop a survey
27	as part of each registered nurse and licensed practical nurse
28	application for licensure and biennial licensure renewal. Survey
29	data shall be submitted to the center for analysis and workforce
30	planning.
31	(3)(a)  The Board of Nursing shall include on its initial
32	and renewal application forms a question asking the nurse to
33	voluntarily contribute to funding the Florida Center for Nursing
34	in addition to paying the fees imposed at the time of licensure
35	and licensure renewal. Revenues collected from nurses over and
36	above the required fees shall be transferred from the Medical
37	Quality Assurance Trust Fund to the Florida Center for Nursing
38	Trust Fund and shall be used solely to support and maintain the
39	goals and functions of the center.
40	(b)  The Board of Nursing shall transfer $5 of each nursing
41	licensure and licensure renewal fee to the Florida Center for
42	Nursing Trust Fund which shall be used to support, maintain, and
43	expand the goals and functions of the center. The Board of
44	Nursing shall not increase nursing licensure and licensure
45	renewal fees as a result of the requirements of this paragraph.
46	Section 2.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section 464.0196,
47	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
48	464.0196  Florida Center for Nursing; board of directors.--
49	(1)  The Florida Center for Nursing shall be governed by a
50	policy-setting board of directors. The board shall consist of 16
51	members, with a simple majority of the board being nurses
52	representative of various practice areas. Other members shall
53	include representatives of other health care professions,
54	business and industry, health care providers, and consumers. The
55	members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor as
56	follows:
57	(a)  One member recommended by the Florida Organization of
58	Nurse Executives shall be a registered nurse. Four members
59	recommended by the President of the Senate, at least one of whom
60	shall be a registered nurse recommended by the Florida
61	Organization of Nurse Executives and at least one other
62	representative of the hospital industry recommended by the
63	Florida Hospital Association;
64	(b)  One member recommended by the Florida Hospital
65	Association shall be a representative of the hospital industry.
66	Four members recommended by the Speaker of the House of
67	Representatives, at least one of whom shall be a registered
68	nurse recommended by the Florida Nurses Association and at least
69	one other representative of the long-term care industry;
70	(c)  One member recommended by the Florida Nurses
71	Association shall be a registered nurse. Four members
72	recommended by the Governor, two of whom shall be registered
73	nurses; and
74	(d)  One member jointly recommended by the Florida Health
75	Care Association and the Florida Association of Homes for the
76	Aging shall be a representative of the long-term care industry
77	Four nurse educators recommended by the State Board of
78	Education, one of whom shall be a dean of a College of Nursing
79	at a state university, one other shall be a director of a
80	nursing program in a state community college.
81	(e)  One member recommended by the Florida Association of
82	Colleges of Nursing shall be a dean of a college of nursing.
83	(f)  One member recommended by the Florida Council of
84	Nursing Education Administrators shall be a director of a
85	nursing program in a community college.
86	(g)  Two members recommended by the Speaker of the House of
87	Representatives.
88	(h)  Two members recommended by the President of the
89	Senate.
90	(i)  Two members recommended by the Commissioner of
91	Education shall be nurse educators.
92	(j)  Four members recommended by the Governor, two of whom
93	shall be registered nurses.
94	(2)  Beginning July 1, 2006, each current member of the
95	board shall be replaced with a new member upon the expiration of
96	his or her term. The terms of all members appointed on or after
97	July 1, 2006, shall be for 3 years, and no such member may serve
98	more than two consecutive terms. Current members who have served
99	only one term may be appointed for a final 3-year term. The
100	initial terms of the members shall be as follows:
101	(a)  Of the members appointed pursuant to paragraph (1)(a),
102	two shall be appointed for terms expiring June 30, 2005, one for
103	a term expiring June 30, 2004, and one for a term expiring June
104	30, 2003.
105	(b)  Of the members appointed pursuant to paragraph (1)(b),
106	one shall be appointed for a term expiring June 30, 2005, two
107	for terms expiring June 30, 2004, and one for a term expiring
108	June 20, 2003.
109	(c)  Of the members appointed pursuant to paragraph (1)(c),
110	one shall be appointed for a term expiring June 30, 2005, one
111	for a term expiring June 30, 2004, and two for terms expiring
112	June 30, 2003.
113	(d)  Of the members appointed pursuant to paragraph (1)(d),
114	the terms of two members recommended by the State Board of
115	Education shall expire June 30, 2005; the term of the member who
116	is a dean of a College of Nursing at a state university shall
117	expire June 30, 2004; and the term of the member who is a
118	director of a state community college nursing program shall
119	expire June 30, 2003.
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121	After the initial appointments expire, the terms of all the
122	members shall be for 3 years, with no member serving more than
123	two consecutive terms.
124	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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