Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 732
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/03/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Steube) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section
    6  458.347, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         458.347 Physician assistants.—
    8         (7) PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LICENSURE.—
    9         (b)1. The license must be renewed biennially. Each renewal
   10  must include:
   11         a.1. A renewal fee not to exceed $500 as set by the boards.
   12         b.2. Acknowledgment of no felony convictions in the
   13  previous 2 years.
   14         c. A completed physician assistant workforce survey, which
   15  shall be administered in the same manner as the physician survey
   16  established in s. 458.3191 and must contain the same information
   17  required in s. 458.3191(1) and (2).
   18         2. Beginning July 1, 2018, and every 2 years thereafter,
   19  the department shall report the data collected from the
   20  physician assistant workforce surveys to the boards.
   21         3. The department shall adopt rules to implement this
   22  paragraph.
   23         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section
   24  459.022, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   25         459.022 Physician assistants.—
   26         (7) PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT LICENSURE.—
   27         (b)1. The licensure must be renewed biennially. Each
   28  renewal must include:
   29         a.1. A renewal fee not to exceed $500 as set by the boards.
   30         b.2. Acknowledgment of no felony convictions in the
   31  previous 2 years.
   32         c. A completed physician assistant workforce survey, which
   33  shall be administered in the same manner as the physician survey
   34  established in s. 458.3191 and must contain the same information
   35  required in s. 458.3191(1) and (2).
   36         2. Beginning July 1, 2018, and every 2 years thereafter,
   37  the department shall report the data collected from the
   38  physician assistant workforce surveys to the boards.
   39         3. The department shall adopt rules to implement this
   40  paragraph.
   41         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
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   43  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   44  And the title is amended as follows:
   45         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   46  and insert:
   47                        A bill to be entitled                      
   48         An act relating to physician assistants; amending ss.
   49         458.347 and 459.022, F.S.; requiring that a physician
   50         assistant license renewal include the submission of a
   51         physician assistant workforce survey; requiring the
   52         Department of Health to report the data collected from
   53         such surveys to the boards; providing rulemaking
   54         authority; providing an effective date.