| 1 | Representative Rivera offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 424 and 425, insert: |
| 5 | Section 9. Subsection (2) of section 1011.52, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 1011.52 Appropriation to first accredited medical |
| 8 | school.-- |
| 9 | (2) In order for a medical school to qualify under the |
| 10 | provisions of this section and to be entitled to the benefits |
| 11 | herein, such medical school: |
| 12 | (a) Must be primarily operated and established to offer, |
| 13 | afford, and render a medical education to residents of the state |
| 14 | qualifying for admission to such institution; |
| 15 | (b) Must be operated by a municipality or county of this |
| 16 | state, or by a nonprofit organization heretofore or hereafter |
| 17 | established exclusively for educational purposes; |
| 18 | (c) Must, upon the formation and establishment of an |
| 19 | accredited medical school, transmit and file with the Department |
| 20 | of Education documentary proof evidencing the facts that such |
| 21 | institution has been certified and approved by the council on |
| 22 | medical education and hospitals of the American Medical |
| 23 | Association and has adequately met the requirements of that |
| 24 | council in regard to its administrative facilities, |
| 25 | administrative plant, clinical facilities, curriculum, and all |
| 26 | other such requirements as may be necessary to qualify with the |
| 27 | council as a recognized, approved, and accredited medical |
| 28 | school; |
| 29 | (d) Must certify to the Department of Education the name, |
| 30 | address, and educational history of each student approved and |
| 31 | accepted for enrollment in such institution for the ensuing |
| 32 | school year; and. |
| 33 | (e) Must enter into an annual operating agreement each |
| 34 | fiscal year with a government-owned hospital that is located in |
| 35 | the same county as the medical school and that is a statutory |
| 36 | teaching hospital as defined in s. 408.07(45). The annual |
| 37 | operating agreement shall provide for the medical school to |
| 38 | maintain the same level of affiliation with the hospital, |
| 39 | including the level of services to indigent and charity care |
| 40 | patients served by the hospital, that was in place in the prior |
| 41 | fiscal year. Documentation of the operating agreement shall be |
| 42 | submitted to the Department of Education prior to the payment of |
| 43 | moneys from the annual appropriation. |
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| 46 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 47 | Remove line 33 and insert: |
| 48 | conform; amending s. 1011.52, F.S.; requiring the first |
| 49 | accredited medical school to enter into an annual operating |
| 50 | agreement with a government-owned hospital meeting specified |
| 51 | criteria; providing for maintenance of affiliation; requiring |
| 52 | submission of documentation of the agreement to the Department |
| 53 | of Education prior to payment from appropriation; providing an |
| 54 | effective date. |