Florida Senate - 2023 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 612
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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The Committee on Health Policy (Yarborough) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Emily Adkins
6 Prevention Act.”
7 Section 2. Section 408.0621, Florida Statutes, is created
8 to read:
9 408.0621 Blood clot and pulmonary embolism policy
10 workgroup.—
11 (1) The Secretary of Health Care Administration, in
12 conjunction with the State Surgeon General, shall establish a
13 blood clot and pulmonary embolism policy workgroup.
14 (2) The workgroup shall:
15 (a) Identify the aggregate number of people who experience
16 blood clots and pulmonary embolisms each year in this state.
17 (b) Identify how data is collected regarding blood clots,
18 pulmonary embolisms, and adverse health outcomes associated with
19 these conditions.
20 (c) Identify how blood clots and pulmonary embolisms impact
21 the lives of people in this state.
22 (d) Identify the standards of care for blood clot
23 surveillance, detection, and treatment.
24 (e) Identify emerging treatments, therapies, and research
25 relating to blood clots.
26 (f) Develop a risk surveillance system to help health care
27 providers identify patients who may be at a higher risk of
28 forming blood clots and pulmonary embolisms.
29 (g) Develop policy recommendations to help improve patient
30 awareness of blood clot risks.
31 (h) Develop policy recommendations to help improve
32 surveillance and detection of patients who may be at a higher
33 risk of forming blood clots in licensed health care facilities,
34 including, hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities,
35 residential treatment facilities, and ambulatory surgical
36 centers.
37 (i) Develop policy recommendations relating to guidelines
38 used that affect the standard of care for patients at risk of
39 forming blood clots.
40 (j) Develop policy recommendations relating to providing
41 patients and their families with written notice of increased
42 risks of forming blood clots.
43 (3)(a) The workgroup shall be composed of health care
44 providers, patients who have experienced blood clots, family
45 members of patients who have died from blood clots, advocates,
46 and other interested parties and associations.
47 (b) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
48 House of Representatives shall each appoint two members to the
49 workgroup.
50 (c) Members of the workgroup shall serve without
51 compensation.
52 (d) The State Surgeon General shall appoint the chair of
53 the workgroup.
54 (e) The chair is authorized to create subcommittees to help
55 with research, scheduling speakers on important subjects, and
56 drafting a workgroup report and policy recommendations.
57 (f) Meetings of the workgroup may be held through
58 teleconference or other electronic means.
59 (4)(a) The Secretary of Health Care Administration shall
60 submit an annual report detailing his or her findings and
61 recommendations to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
62 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
63 (b) The Secretary of Health Care Administration shall
64 submit a final report detailing his or her findings and
65 recommendations to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
66 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by January 4,
67 2025.
68 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
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71 And the title is amended as follows:
72 Delete everything before the enacting clause
73 and insert:
74 A bill to be entitled
75 An act relating to the blood clot and pulmonary
76 embolism policy workgroup; providing a short title;
77 creating s. 408.0621, F.S.; requiring the Secretary of
78 Health Care Administration, in conjunction with the
79 State Surgeon General, to establish a blood clot and
80 pulmonary embolism policy workgroup; providing for the
81 duties, membership, and meetings of the workgroup;
82 requiring the secretary to submit annual reports to
83 the Governor and the Legislature; requiring the
84 secretary to submit a final report to the Governor and
85 the Legislature by a specified date; providing an
86 effective date.