Florida Senate - 2013                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 966
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Latvala moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (495738) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 23 - 41
    5  and insert:
    6         (15)(a) Except as provided by this section, the department
    7  may not designate trauma centers in addition to those designated
    8  as of April 25, 2013 in:
    9         1. A county where a Level I trauma center operates as of
   10  April 25, 2013; or
   11         2. A location within 8 miles by ground transport of an
   12  existing Level I trauma center; or
   13         3. A location within 45 miles by ground transport of a
   14  Level I trauma center that is owned and operated by a statutory
   15  teaching hospital as of April 25, 2013.
   16         (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the department shall
   17  designate additional trauma centers that meet the applicable
   18  trauma center standards if:
   19         1. The hospital that seeks designation as a Level II trauma
   20  center is not located within 8 miles by ground transport of an
   21  existing Level I trauma center and demonstrates a formal trauma
   22  affiliation agreement with a hospital located in the same county
   23  that is designated as a Level I trauma center as of April 25,
   24  2013;
   25         2. The hospital that seeks designation as a Level I trauma
   26  center was designated as a Level II trauma center as of January
   27  1, 1999, and is owned and operated by a statutory teaching
   28  hospital; or
   29         3. The hospital that seeks designation as a trauma center
   30  is located within 45 miles by ground transport of a hospital
   31  that, as of April 25, 2013, has a Level I trauma center and is
   32  owned and operated by a statutory teaching hospital and:
   33         a. Demonstrates that it will share a license number and
   34  license certificate number with the statutory teaching hospital;
   35  or
   36         b. Demonstrates a formal trauma affiliation agreement with
   37  the statutory teaching hospital.
   38         (c) Any formal trauma affiliation agreement required by
   39  this section must be in compliance with statutory requirements
   40  to maintain an inclusive trauma system and must address the
   41  acceptance of all medically necessary transfers, clinical
   42  protocols, and other clinical arrangements appropriate for the
   43  continuity of high-quality care.
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   46         And the title is amended as follows:
   47         Delete lines 74 - 75
   48  and insert:
   49         designating additional trauma centers in certain
   50         locations; providing an exception under certain