Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 246
Barcode 554072
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11 Senator Wise moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Present subsections (4), (5), and (6) of
19 section 408.0361, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as
20 subsections (5), (6), and (7), respectively, and a new
21 subsection (4) is added to that section, to read:
22 408.0361 Cardiology services and burn unit
23 licensure.--
24 (4) In order to ensure continuity of available
25 services, the holder of a certificate of need for a newly
26 licensed hospital that meets the requirements of this
27 subsection may apply for and shall be granted Level I program
28 status regardless of whether rules relating to Level I
29 programs have been adopted. To qualify for a Level I program
30 under this subsection, a hospital seeking a Level I program
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Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 246
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1 certificate of need in a physical location previously licensed
2 and operated as a hospital, the former hospital must have
3 provided a minimum of 300 adult inpatient and outpatient
4 diagnostic cardiac catheterizations for the most recent
5 12-month period as reported to the agency, and the newly
6 licensed hospital must have a formalized, written transfer
7 agreement with a hospital that has a Level II program,
8 including written transport protocols to ensure safe and
9 efficient transfer of a patient within 60 minutes. A hospital
10 meeting the requirements of this subsection may apply for
11 certification of Level I program status before taking
12 possession of the physical location of the former hospital,
13 and the effective date of Level I program status shall be
14 concurrent with the effective date of the newly issued
15 hospital license.
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19 And the title is amended as follows:
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23 applicable to hospitals seeking certification
24 as Level I programs; providing criteria for
25 certification to provide certain Level I
26 cardiology
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