Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 768
       
       
       
       
       
       
                                Ì436444-Î436444                         
       
                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/10/2015           .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
                                       .                                
       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————




       —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
       The Committee on Health Policy (Gaetz) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 108 - 132
    4  and insert:
    5         (9) If a licensed facility places a patient on observation
    6  rather than inpatient status, observation services shall be
    7  documented in the patient’s discharge papers. The patient or
    8  patient’s proxy shall be notified of observation services
    9  through discharge papers and also may be notified through
   10  brochures, signage, or other forms of communication for this
   11  purpose.
   12  
   13  
   14  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   15  And the title is amended as follows:
   16         Delete lines 4 - 7
   17  and insert:
   18         a licensed facility to document observation services
   19         in a patient’s discharge papers when the facility
   20         places the patient on observation status; requiring a
   21         licensed facility to notify a patient or patient’s
   22         proxy of observation status through discharge papers;
   23         authorizing a licensed facility to notify a patient or
   24         patient’s proxy of observation status through other
   25         forms of communication; providing an effective date.