Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1926
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/01/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Regulation (Gaetz) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 10
    4  insert:
    5  	Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
    6  408.040, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7  	(2)(a) Unless the applicant has commenced construction, if
    8  the project provides for construction, unless the applicant has
    9  incurred an enforceable capital expenditure commitment for a
   10  project, if the project does not provide for construction, or
   11  unless subject to paragraph (b), a certificate of need shall
   12  terminate 3 years 18 months after the date of issuance. The
   13  agency shall monitor the progress of the holder of the
   14  certificate of need in meeting the timetable for project
   15  development specified in the application, and may revoke the
   16  certificate of need, if the holder of the certificate is not
   17  meeting such timetable and is not making a good-faith effort, as
   18  defined by rule, to meet it.
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   21         And the title is amended as follows:
   22         Delete lines 2 - 3
   23  and insert:
   24         An act relating to inactive licenses and certificates of
   25  need for health care providers; amending s. 408.040, F.S.;
   26  extending the period for which a certificate of need is valid;
   27  amending s. 408.808, F.S.; allowing a health care provider to
   28  extend