Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 742
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/20/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Bean) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 74 - 104
    4  and insert:
    5         (6)(a) The governing body of a each county that is not a
    6  fiscally constrained county as defined by s. 218.67(1) shall,
    7  unless such county has an ordinance that complies with the
    8  requirements of this section on the effective date of this act,
    9  may adopt an ordinance or amend an existing ordinance to
   10  ordinances that provide reasonable standards for certificates of
   11  public convenience and necessity for basic and or advanced life
   12  support services by January 1, 2017 and air ambulance services.
   13  In developing the standards for certificates of public
   14  convenience and necessity, the governing body of each county
   15  must consider state guidelines, recommendations of the local or
   16  regional trauma agency created under chapter 395, and the
   17  recommendations of the municipalities within its jurisdiction,
   18  and recommendations of the independent special districts that
   19  provide fire rescue services within its jurisdiction. The
   20  ordinance shall provide a quasi-judicial process, or some other
   21  type of evidentiary process, for approval or denial of an
   22  application for a certificate. The ordinance shall also provide
   23  that applicants currently maintaining fire rescue infrastructure
   24  and providing first response in the county may appeal the
   25  county’s decision to the circuit court with jurisdiction over
   26  the county.
   27         (b) The governing body of a county defined as fiscally
   28  constrained pursuant to s. 218.67(1) may adopt an ordinance to
   29  provide reasonable standards for certificates of public
   30  convenience and necessity for basic and advanced life support
   31  services. In developing the standards, the governing body of
   32  each county must consider state guidelines, recommendations of
   33  the local or regional trauma agency created under chapter 395,
   34  recommendations of the municipalities within its jurisdiction,
   35  and recommendations of the independent special districts that
   36  provide fire rescue services within its jurisdiction.
   37         (c) The governing body of each county may adopt an
   38  ordinance to provide reasonable standards for certificates of
   39  public convenience and necessity for air ambulance services. In
   40  developing the standards, the governing body of each county must
   41  consider state guidelines, recommendations of the local or
   42  regional trauma agency created under chapter 395,
   43  recommendations of the municipalities within its jurisdiction,
   44  and recommendations of the independent special districts that
   45  provide fire rescue services within its jurisdiction.
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   47  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   48  And the title is amended as follows:
   49         Delete line 17
   50  and insert:
   51         such standards; providing an exemption for certain
   52         counties; providing an effective date.