((LATE FILED FOR: 4/29/2008 7:30:00 AM))Amendment
Bill No. CS/SB 2326
Amendment No. 156423
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Galvano offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Between lines 73 and 74, insert:
5     Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 408.0361, Florida
6Statutes, is amended to read:
7     408.0361  Cardiovascular services and burn unit
8licensure.--
9     (2)  Each provider of adult cardiovascular services or
10operator of a burn unit shall comply with rules adopted by the
11agency that establish licensure standards that govern the
12provision of adult cardiovascular services or the operation of a
13burn unit. Such rules shall consider, at a minimum, staffing,
14equipment, physical plant, operating protocols, the provision of
15services to Medicaid and charity care patients, accreditation,
16licensure period and fees, and enforcement of minimum standards.
17The certificate-of-need rules for adult cardiovascular services
18and burn units in effect on June 30, 2004, are authorized
19pursuant to this subsection and shall remain in effect and shall
20be enforceable by the agency until the licensure rules are
21adopted. Existing providers and any provider with a notice of
22intent to grant a certificate of need or a final order of the
23agency granting a certificate of need for adult cardiovascular
24services or burn units shall be considered grandfathered and
25receive a license for their programs effective on the effective
26date of this act. The grandfathered licensure shall be for at
27least 3 years or until July 1, 2009 2008, whichever is longer,
28but shall be required to meet licensure standards applicable to
29existing programs for every subsequent licensure period.
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T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
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37hospital; amending s. 408.0361, F.S., relating to licensing
38standards for adult cardiovascular services; extending period of
39validity for certain grandfathered licenses; amending s.
40408.037, F.S.; revising the
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