Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 58
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Bean) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (819118) 
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    3         Delete lines 12 - 30
    4  and insert:
    5  heart surgery programs.
    6         (a) The panel shall include one at-large member who has
    7  expertise in pediatric and adult congenital heart disease,
    8  appointed by the Secretary of Health Care Administration, and 10
    9  members, each appointed by the chief executive officer of one of
   10  the following hospitals, who must be pediatric cardiologists or
   11  pediatric cardiovascular surgeons:
   12         1. Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg.
   13         2. Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando.
   14         3. Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood.
   15         4. Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami.
   16         5. St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Tampa.
   17         6. University of Florida Health Shands Hospital in
   18  Gainesville.
   19         7. University of Miami Holtz Children’s Hospital in Miami.
   20         8. Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville.
   21         9. Florida Hospital for Children in Orlando.
   22         10. Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando.
   23         (b) Based on the recommendations of the panel, the agency
   24  shall develop and adopt rules for pediatric cardiac
   25  catheterization programs and pediatric open-heart surgery
   26  programs which include at least the following:
   27         1. A risk adjustment procedure that accounts for the
   28  variations in severity and case mix found in hospitals in this
   29  state;
   30         2. Outcome standards specifying expected levels of
   31  performance in pediatric cardiac programs. Such standards may
   32  include, but are not limited to, in-hospital mortality,
   33  infection rates, nonfatal myocardial infarctions, length of
   34  postoperative bleeds, and returns to surgery; and
   35         3. Specific steps to be taken by the agency and licensed