Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 380
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/08/2014           .                                
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 383.336, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
    6         Section 2. Section 395.1051, Florida Statutes, is amended
    7  to read:
    8         395.1051 Duty to notify patients and obstetrical
    9  physicians.—
   10         (1) An appropriately trained person designated by each
   11  licensed facility shall inform each patient, or an individual
   12  identified pursuant to s. 765.401(1), in person about adverse
   13  incidents that result in serious harm to the patient.
   14  Notification of outcomes of care which that result in harm to
   15  the patient under this section does shall not constitute an
   16  acknowledgment or admission of liability and may not, nor can it
   17  be introduced as evidence.
   18         (2) A hospital shall notify each obstetrical physician who
   19  has privileges at the hospital at least 120 days before the
   20  hospital closes its obstetrical department or ceases to provide
   21  obstetrical services. The agency shall adopt rules to administer
   22  this subsection, including rules governing those situations in
   23  which it is impossible for the hospital to provide 120 days’
   24  notice due to circumstances beyond the control of the hospital
   25  or the obstetrical physician.
   26         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.
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   28  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   29  And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   31  and insert:
   32                        A bill to be entitled                      
   33         An act relating to obstetrical services at hospitals;
   34         repealing s. 383.336, F.S., relating to provider
   35         hospitals; amending s. 395.1051, F.S.; requiring a
   36         hospital to notify obstetrical physicians before the
   37         hospital closes its obstetrical department or ceases
   38         to provide obstetrical services; requiring the Agency
   39         for Health Care Administration to adopt rules;
   40         providing an effective date.