| 1 | Representative(s) Coley offered the following: |
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| 4 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 5 | On line 66, insert: |
| 6 | Section 1. Section 381.0402, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 7 | to read: |
| 8 | 381.0402 Area health education center network.--The |
| 9 | department, in cooperation with the state-approved medical |
| 10 | schools located in this state which form the area health |
| 11 | education center network in this state, shall maintain and |
| 12 | evaluate organize an area health education center network |
| 13 | focused based on earlier medically indigent demonstration |
| 14 | projects and shall evaluate the impact of each network on |
| 15 | improving access to health services by persons who are medically |
| 16 | underserved. The network shall serve as be a catalyst for the |
| 17 | primary care training of health professionals by increasing |
| 18 | through increased opportunities for training in medically |
| 19 | underserved areas, increasing access to primary care services, |
| 20 | providing health workforce recruitment, enhancing the quality of |
| 21 | health care, and addressing current and emerging public health |
| 22 | issues. |
| 23 | (1) The department shall contract with the medical schools |
| 24 | to assist in funding the an area health education center |
| 25 | network, which links the provision of primary care services to |
| 26 | medically underserved populations, and which provides for low- |
| 27 | income persons with the education of: |
| 28 | (a) Medical students, interns, and residents. The network |
| 29 | shall: |
| 30 | (a) Be coordinated with and under contract with the state- |
| 31 | approved medical schools, which shall be responsible for the |
| 32 | clinical training and supervision. |
| 33 | 1.(b) Divide the state into service areas within the |
| 34 | network for with each state-approved medical school coordinating |
| 35 | the recruitment recruiting, training, and retention of medical |
| 36 | students within its assigned area. |
| 37 | (c) Use a multidisciplinary approach with appropriate |
| 38 | medical supervision. |
| 39 | 2.(d) Use current community resources, such as county |
| 40 | health departments, federally funded community or migrant health |
| 41 | primary care centers, and or other primary health care |
| 42 | providers, as community-based sites for training medical |
| 43 | students, interns, and residents. |
| 44 | 3. Use a multidisciplinary approach with appropriate |
| 45 | medical supervision. |
| 46 | (b) Students in the health care professions. The network |
| 47 | shall: |
| 48 | 1. Facilitate the recruitment, training, and retention of |
| 49 | students in the health care professions within service areas. |
| 50 | 2. Use community resources, such as county health |
| 51 | departments, federally funded community or migrant health |
| 52 | centers, and other primary health care providers, as sites for |
| 53 | training students in the health care professions. |
| 54 | 3. Use a multidisciplinary approach with appropriate |
| 55 | supervision. |
| 56 | (c) Health care providers serving medically underserved |
| 57 | populations. The network shall: |
| 58 | 1. Assist providers in medically underserved areas and |
| 59 | other safety net providers in remaining current in their fields |
| 60 | through a variety of community resource initiatives. |
| 61 | 2. Strengthen the health care safety net in this state by |
| 62 | enhancing services and increasing access to care in medically |
| 63 | underserved areas. |
| 64 | 3. Provide other services, such as library and information |
| 65 | resources, continuing professional education, technical |
| 66 | assistance, and other support services, for providers who serve |
| 67 | in medically underserved areas. |
| 68 | (2) The department shall establish criteria and procedures |
| 69 | for quality assurance, performance evaluations, periodic audits, |
| 70 | and other appropriate safeguards for the network. |
| 71 | (3) The department shall make every effort to assure that |
| 72 | the network does participating medical schools do not |
| 73 | discriminate among enrollees with respect to age, race, sex, or |
| 74 | health status. However, the network such schools may target |
| 75 | high-risk medically needy population groups. |
| 76 | (4) The department may use no more than 2 5 percent of the |
| 77 | annual appropriation for administering and evaluating the |
| 78 | network. |
| 79 | (5) Notwithstanding subsection (4), the department may not |
| 80 | use any portion of the annual appropriation to administer and |
| 81 | evaluate the network. This subsection expires July 1, 2007. |
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| 85 | Remove line 2 and insert: |
| 86 | An act relating to health care; amending s. 381.0402, |
| 87 | F.S.; requiring the Department of Health to cooperate with |
| 88 | specified medical schools in maintaining and evaluating |
| 89 | the area health education center network; expanding the |
| 90 | purposes of the network; requiring the department to |
| 91 | contract with the medical schools to provide funds to the |
| 92 | network; providing that the persons to be served by the |
| 93 | network are "medically underserved populations" rather |
| 94 | than "low-income people"; requiring that the center assist |
| 95 | in linking the provision of primary care services to |
| 96 | medically underserved populations and to provide for the |
| 97 | education of students in the health care professions and |
| 98 | health care providers serving medically underserved |
| 99 | populations, as well as medical students, interns, and |
| 100 | residents; reducing the percentage of funds that the |
| 101 | department is authorized to spend on administering and |
| 102 | evaluating the network; amending s. 381.0405, |