| 1 | Representative 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 |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 408.0361 Cardiovascular services and burn unit |
| 8 | licensure.-- |
| 9 | (2) Each provider of adult cardiovascular services or |
| 10 | operator of a burn unit shall comply with rules adopted by the |
| 11 | agency that establish licensure standards that govern the |
| 12 | provision of adult cardiovascular services or the operation of a |
| 13 | burn unit. Such rules shall consider, at a minimum, staffing, |
| 14 | equipment, physical plant, operating protocols, the provision of |
| 15 | services to Medicaid and charity care patients, accreditation, |
| 16 | licensure period and fees, and enforcement of minimum standards. |
| 17 | The certificate-of-need rules for adult cardiovascular services |
| 18 | and burn units in effect on June 30, 2004, are authorized |
| 19 | pursuant to this subsection and shall remain in effect and shall |
| 20 | be enforceable by the agency until the licensure rules are |
| 21 | adopted. Existing providers and any provider with a notice of |
| 22 | intent to grant a certificate of need or a final order of the |
| 23 | agency granting a certificate of need for adult cardiovascular |
| 24 | services or burn units shall be considered grandfathered and |
| 25 | receive a license for their programs effective on the effective |
| 26 | date of this act. The grandfathered licensure shall be for at |
| 27 | least 3 years or until July 1, 2009 2008, whichever is longer, |
| 28 | but shall be required to meet licensure standards applicable to |
| 29 | existing programs for every subsequent licensure period. |
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| 35 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 36 | Remove line 6 and insert: |
| 37 | hospital; amending s. 408.0361, F.S., relating to licensing |
| 38 | standards for adult cardiovascular services; extending period of |
| 39 | validity for certain grandfathered licenses; amending s. |
| 40 | 408.037, F.S.; revising the |
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