| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to cardiology services; amending s. |
| 3 | 408.0361, F.S.; revising provisions relating to compliance |
| 4 | with requirements imposed on providers of cardiac |
| 5 | catheterization services; providing an effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section |
| 10 | 408.0361, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 11 | 408.0361 Cardiology services and burn unit licensure.-- |
| 12 | (3) In establishing rules for adult interventional |
| 13 | cardiology services, the agency shall include provisions that |
| 14 | allow for: |
| 15 | (b) For a hospital seeking a Level I program, |
| 16 | demonstration that:, |
| 17 | 1. For the most recent 12-month period as reported to the |
| 18 | agency, it has provided a minimum of 300 adult inpatient and |
| 19 | outpatient diagnostic cardiac catheterizations or, for the most |
| 20 | recent 12-month period, has discharged or transferred at least |
| 21 | 300 inpatients with the principal diagnosis of ischemic heart |
| 22 | disease and that it has a formalized, written transfer agreement |
| 23 | with a hospital that has a Level II program, including written |
| 24 | transport protocols to ensure safe and efficient transfer of a |
| 25 | patient within 60 minutes; or |
| 26 | 2. If the hospital seeking a Level I program will be a |
| 27 | newly licensed hospital established pursuant to a certificate of |
| 28 | need in a physical location previously licensed and operated as |
| 29 | a hospital, the former hospital provided a minimum of 300 adult |
| 30 | inpatient and outpatient diagnostic cardiac catheterizations for |
| 31 | the most recent 12-month period as reported to the agency and |
| 32 | the newly licensed hospital has a formalized, written transfer |
| 33 | agreement with a hospital that has a Level II program, including |
| 34 | written transport protocols to ensure safe and efficient |
| 35 | transfer of a patient within 60 minutes. The newly licensed |
| 36 | hospital must certify that it can provide a minimum of 300 adult |
| 37 | inpatient and outpatient diagnostic cardiac catheterizations by |
| 38 | the end of its first year of operation. If the newly licensed |
| 39 | hospital fails to provide 300 adult inpatient and outpatient |
| 40 | diagnostic cardiac catheterizations by the end of the first year |
| 41 | of operation, its license shall be modified to delete Level I |
| 42 | services. In order to ensure continuity of available services, |
| 43 | the holder of a certificate of need for a newly licensed |
| 44 | hospital that meets the requirements of this subparagraph may |
| 45 | apply for certification of Level I program status before taking |
| 46 | possession of the physical location of the former hospital. The |
| 47 | effective date of Level I program status shall be concurrent |
| 48 | with the effective date of the newly issued hospital license. |
| 49 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |