Florida Senate - 2014                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/CS/HB 573, 2nd Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Bean moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 2694 and 2695
    4  insert:
    5         Section 48. Section 395.1051, Florida Statutes, is amended
    6  to read:
    7         395.1051 Duty to notify patients and obstetrical
    8  physicians.—
    9         (1) An appropriately trained person designated by each
   10  licensed facility shall inform each patient, or an individual
   11  identified pursuant to s. 765.401(1), in person about adverse
   12  incidents that result in serious harm to the patient.
   13  Notification of outcomes of care which that result in harm to
   14  the patient under this section does shall not constitute an
   15  acknowledgment or admission of liability and may not, nor can it
   16  be introduced as evidence.
   17         (2) A hospital shall notify each obstetrical physician who
   18  has privileges at the hospital at least 120 days before the
   19  hospital closes its obstetrical department or ceases to provide
   20  obstetrical services, unless the hospital can demonstrate it was
   21  impossible for the hospital to provide 120 days’ notice due to
   22  circumstances beyond the control of the hospital or the
   23  obstetrical physician.
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   26  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   27  And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 292
   29  and insert:
   30         home health agencies; amending s. 395.1051, F.S.;
   31         requiring a hospital to notify obstetrical physicians
   32         before the hospital closes its obstetrical department
   33         or ceases to provide obstetrical services; providing
   34         effective dates.