| 1 | Representative Hudson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 980 and 981, insert: |
| 5 | Section 16. Subsection (43) of section 408.07, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 408.07 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, with the |
| 8 | exception of ss. 408.031-408.045, the term: |
| 9 | (43) "Rural hospital" means an acute care hospital |
| 10 | licensed under chapter 395, having 100 or fewer licensed beds |
| 11 | and an emergency room, and which is: |
| 12 | (a) The sole provider within a county with a population |
| 13 | density of no greater than 100 persons per square mile; |
| 14 | (b) An acute care hospital, in a county with a population |
| 15 | density of no greater than 100 persons per square mile, which is |
| 16 | at least 30 minutes of travel time, on normally traveled roads |
| 17 | under normal traffic conditions, from another acute care |
| 18 | hospital within the same county; |
| 19 | (c) A hospital supported by a tax district or subdistrict |
| 20 | whose boundaries encompass a population of 100 persons or fewer |
| 21 | per square mile; |
| 22 | (d) A hospital with a service area that has a population |
| 23 | of 100 persons or fewer per square mile. As used in this |
| 24 | paragraph, the term "service area" means the fewest number of |
| 25 | zip codes that account for 75 percent of the hospital's |
| 26 | discharges for the most recent 5-year period, based on |
| 27 | information available from the hospital inpatient discharge |
| 28 | database in the Florida Center for Health Information and Policy |
| 29 | Analysis at the Agency for Health Care Administration; or |
| 30 | (e) A critical access hospital. |
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| 32 | Population densities used in this subsection must be based upon |
| 33 | the most recently completed United States census. A hospital |
| 34 | that received funds under s. 409.9116 for a quarter beginning no |
| 35 | later than July 1, 2002, is deemed to have been and shall |
| 36 | continue to be a rural hospital from that date through June 30, |
| 37 | 2015 2012, if the hospital continues to have 100 or fewer |
| 38 | licensed beds and an emergency room, or meets the criteria of s. |
| 39 | 395.602(2)(e)4. An acute care hospital that has not previously |
| 40 | been designated as a rural hospital and that meets the criteria |
| 41 | of this subsection shall be granted such designation upon |
| 42 | application, including supporting documentation, to the Agency |
| 43 | for Health Care Administration. |
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| 49 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 50 | Remove line 53 and insert: |
| 51 | proceedings; amending s. 408.07, F.S.; providing an additional |
| 52 | 3-year transition period for certain hospitals to retain their |
| 53 | designation as rural hospitals; amending s. 408.803, F.S.; |
| 54 | revising |