| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Health Care Clinic Act; amending s. |
| 3 | 400.9905, F.S.; revising the definition of the term |
| 4 | "clinic" to exclude an entity that provides certain |
| 5 | neonatal or pediatric health care services from licensure |
| 6 | requirements; providing that pt. X of ch. 400, F.S., does |
| 7 | not apply to certain clinical facilities owned by publicly |
| 8 | traded corporations; providing a definition; providing an |
| 9 | effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section |
| 14 | 400.9905, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (l) is |
| 15 | added to that subsection, to read: |
| 16 | 400.9905 Definitions.-- |
| 17 | (4) "Clinic" means an entity at which health care services |
| 18 | are provided to individuals and which tenders charges for |
| 19 | reimbursement for such services, including a mobile clinic and a |
| 20 | portable equipment provider. For purposes of this part, the term |
| 21 | does not include and the licensure requirements of this part do |
| 22 | not apply to: |
| 23 | (a) Entities licensed or registered by the state under |
| 24 | chapter 395; or entities licensed or registered by the state and |
| 25 | providing only health care services within the scope of services |
| 26 | authorized under their respective licenses granted under ss. |
| 27 | 383.30-383.335, chapter 390, chapter 394, chapter 397, this |
| 28 | chapter except part X, chapter 429, chapter 463, chapter 465, |
| 29 | chapter 466, chapter 478, part I of chapter 483, chapter 484, or |
| 30 | chapter 651; end-stage renal disease providers authorized under |
| 31 | 42 C.F.R. part 405, subpart U; or providers certified under 42 |
| 32 | C.F.R. part 485, subpart B or subpart H; or any entity that |
| 33 | provides neonatal or pediatric hospital-based health care |
| 34 | services or other health care services by licensed practitioners |
| 35 | solely within a hospital licensed under chapter 395. |
| 36 | (l) Clinical facilities that are wholly owned, directly or |
| 37 | indirectly, by a publicly traded corporation. As used in this |
| 38 | paragraph, a "publicly traded corporation" is a corporation that |
| 39 | issues securities traded on an exchange registered with the |
| 40 | United States Securities and Exchange Commission as a national |
| 41 | securities exchange. |
| 42 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |