| 1 | Representative Galvano offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove lines 37-73 and insert: |
| 5 | 408.035 Review criteria.-- |
| 6 | (1) The agency shall determine the reviewability of |
| 7 | applications and shall review applications for certificate-of- |
| 8 | need determinations for health care facilities and health |
| 9 | services in context with the following criteria: |
| 10 | (a)(1) The need for the health care facilities and health |
| 11 | services being proposed. |
| 12 | (b)(2) The availability, quality of care, accessibility, |
| 13 | and extent of utilization of existing health care facilities and |
| 14 | health services in the service district of the applicant. |
| 15 | (c)(3) The ability of the applicant to provide quality of |
| 16 | care and the applicant's record of providing quality of care. |
| 17 | (d)(4) The availability of resources, including health |
| 18 | personnel, management personnel, and funds for capital and |
| 19 | operating expenditures, for project accomplishment and |
| 20 | operation. |
| 21 | (e)(5) The extent to which the proposed services will |
| 22 | enhance access to health care for residents of the service |
| 23 | district. |
| 24 | (f)(6) The immediate and long-term financial feasibility |
| 25 | of the proposal. |
| 26 | (g)(7) The extent to which the proposal will foster |
| 27 | competition that promotes quality and cost-effectiveness. |
| 28 | (h)(8) The costs and methods of the proposed construction, |
| 29 | including the costs and methods of energy provision and the |
| 30 | availability of alternative, less costly, or more effective |
| 31 | methods of construction. |
| 32 | (i)(9) The applicant's past and proposed provision of |
| 33 | health care services to Medicaid patients and the medically |
| 34 | indigent. |
| 35 | (j)(10) The applicant's designation as a Gold Seal Program |
| 36 | nursing facility pursuant to s. 400.235, when the applicant is |
| 37 | requesting additional nursing home beds at that facility. |
| 38 | (2) The agency shall determine the reviewability of |
| 39 | applications and shall review applications for certificate-of- |
| 40 | need determinations for general hospitals, as defined in s. |
| 41 | 395.002, in context with the following criteria: |
| 42 | (a) The need for the health care facilities and health |
| 43 | services being proposed. |
| 44 | (b) The availability, accessibility, and extent of |
| 45 | utilization of existing health care facilities and health |
| 46 | services in the service district of the applicant. |
| 47 | (c) The extent to which the proposed services will enhance |
| 48 | access to health care for residents of the service district. |
| 49 | (d) The extent to which the proposal will foster |
| 50 | competition that promotes quality and cost-effectiveness. |
| 51 | (e) The applicant's past and proposed provision of health |
| 52 | care services to Medicaid patients and the medically indigent. |