Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1614
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/07/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Dean) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 1011.905, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         1011.905 State funding for Doctor of Medicine degree
    8  programs at state universities.—
    9         (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to use a funding
   10  methodology for 4-year Doctor of Medicine degree programs which
   11  provides a consistent base level of state support on a per
   12  student basis for each such program at state universities.
   13         (2) The Board of Governors, in consultation with the Office
   14  of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability and
   15  representatives from each of the 4-year Doctor of Medicine
   16  degree programs, shall develop a funding methodology for 4-year
   17  Doctor of Medicine degree programs offered by state
   18  universities. The funding methodology shall provide for a
   19  consistent base level of state support on a per-student basis
   20  for each such program. As part of the development of the funding
   21  methodology, the Board of Governors shall:
   22         (a) Review prior-year expenditures for each of the 4-year
   23  Doctor of Medicine degree programs, including expenditures from
   24  all funding sources.
   25         (b) Review national data on the costs associated with 4
   26  year Doctor of Medicine degree programs offered by public
   27  universities.
   28         (c) Determine a base-level cost per student which excludes
   29  supplemental costs or startup costs.
   30         (d) Determine supplemental costs and startup costs that are
   31  in addition to the base-level cost per student and that support
   32  the unique mission of a degree program or support the
   33  implementation of new 4-year Doctor of Medicine degree programs.
   34         (e) Determine a uniform reporting procedure for the
   35  consistent annual reporting of expenditures for 4-year Doctor of
   36  Medicine degree programs.
   37         (f) Determine a uniform reporting procedure for the
   38  consistent annual reporting of outcome data for 4-year Doctor of
   39  Medicine degree programs, including, but not limited to,
   40  enrollment statistics, graduation and retention rates, passage
   41  rates for the Step 1 and Step 2 United States Medical Licensing
   42  Examinations, placement rates in residency positions in this
   43  state, and placement rates in the physician workforce in this
   44  state.
   45         (3) The Board of Governors shall submit a report detailing
   46  the funding methodology developed pursuant to subsection (2) to
   47  the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
   48  the House of Representatives no later than February 1, 2010.
   49         (4) The Board of Governors shall use the funding
   50  methodology developed pursuant to subsection (2) to develop the
   51  legislative budget request for 4-year Doctor of Medicine degree
   52  programs at state universities. For the 2010-2011 fiscal year,
   53  the Board of Governors shall submit by March 1, 2010, an amended
   54  legislative budget request based on the funding methodology.
   55         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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   57  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   58         And the title is amended as follows:
   59         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   60  and insert:
   61                        A bill to be entitled                      
   62         An act relating to state funding for medical student
   63         education; creating s. 1011.905, F.S.; providing
   64         legislative intent; requiring the Board of Governors
   65         of the State University System, in consultation with
   66         the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
   67         Accountability and representatives from Doctor of
   68         Medicine degree programs, to develop a funding
   69         methodology for Doctor of Medicine degree programs at
   70         state universities; requiring the funding methodology
   71         to provide a consistent base level of state support on
   72         a per-student basis; providing duties of the Board of
   73         Governors in developing the funding methodology;
   74         requiring a report; requiring use of the funding
   75         methodology in the development of legislative budget
   76         requests; providing an effective date.