Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 700
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
       (Brodeur) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (645592) (with directory and
    2  title amendments)
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    4         Between lines 108 and 109
    5  insert:
    6         (6) EXEMPTIONS.—A health care professional who is not
    7  licensed to provide health care services in this state but who
    8  holds an active license to provide health care services in
    9  another state or jurisdiction, and who provides health care
   10  services using telehealth to a patient located in this state, is
   11  not subject to the registration requirement under this section
   12  if the services are provided:
   13         (a) In response to an emergency medical condition as
   14  defined in s. 395.002; or
   15         (b) In consultation with a health care professional
   16  licensed in this state who has ultimate authority over the
   17  diagnosis and care of the patient.
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   20  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   21         Delete lines 74 - 75
   22  and insert:
   23         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1), paragraph (c)
   24  of subsection (2), and subsection (6) of section 456.47, Florida
   25  Statutes, are
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   28  And the title is amended as follows:
   29         Delete line 206
   30  and insert:
   31         circumstances; revising an exemption from telehealth
   32         registration requirements; amending ss. 458.347 and
   33         459.022, F.S.;