Florida Senate - 2024                                     SB 552
       
       
        
       By Senator Rouson
       
       
       
       
       
       16-00728A-24                                           2024552__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to sickle cell disease care management
    3         and treatment education for certain health care
    4         practitioners; creating s. 456.65, F.S.; requiring
    5         health care practitioners of medicine or osteopathic
    6         medicine to complete specified education on sickle
    7         cell disease care management and treatment as a
    8         condition of licensure renewal; requiring the
    9         Department of Health to evaluate the results from
   10         certain physician surveys and annually report to the
   11         Governor and Legislature on patient outcomes as a
   12         result of such health care practitioner education;
   13         amending ss. 458.319 and 459.008, F.S.; requiring an
   14         applicant for licensure renewal to provide evidence
   15         that he or she has completed specified education;
   16         amending s. 458.3191, F.S.; requiring that certain
   17         physician surveys include specified information;
   18         providing an effective date.
   19          
   20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   21  
   22         Section 1. Section 456.65, Florida Statutes, is created to
   23  read:
   24         456.65Sickle cell disease care management and treatment
   25  education; reports.—
   26         (1)A renewal of a license under chapter 458 or chapter 459
   27  must include education on sickle cell disease care management
   28  and treatment protocols, including, but not limited to, ongoing
   29  patient and family education, periodic comprehensive evaluations
   30  and other disease-specific health maintenance services,
   31  psychosocial care, genetic counseling, and pain management.
   32         (2)The department shall evaluate the results of the
   33  physician survey specified under s. 458.3191(1)(b)4. and shall
   34  annually report to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
   35  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on patient
   36  outcomes as a result of the education required under subsection
   37  (1).
   38         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 458.319, Florida
   39  Statutes, is amended to read:
   40         458.319 Renewal of license.—
   41         (1) The department shall renew a license upon receipt of
   42  the renewal application, evidence that the applicant has
   43  actively practiced medicine or has been on the active teaching
   44  faculty of an accredited medical school for at least 2 years of
   45  the immediately preceding 4 years, evidence that the applicant
   46  has completed the education required under s. 456.65, and a fee
   47  not to exceed $500; provided, however, that if the licensee is
   48  either a resident physician, assistant resident physician,
   49  fellow, house physician, or intern in an approved postgraduate
   50  training program, as defined by the board by rule, the fee may
   51  shall not exceed $100 per annum. If the licensee has not
   52  actively practiced medicine for at least 2 years of the
   53  immediately preceding 4 years, the board must shall require that
   54  the licensee successfully complete a board-approved clinical
   55  competency examination prior to renewal of the license.
   56  “Actively practiced medicine” means that practice of medicine by
   57  physicians, including those employed by any governmental entity
   58  in community or public health, as defined by this chapter,
   59  including physicians practicing administrative medicine. An
   60  applicant for a renewed license must also submit the information
   61  required under s. 456.039 to the department on a form and under
   62  procedures specified by the department, along with payment in an
   63  amount equal to the costs incurred by the Department of Health
   64  for the statewide criminal background check of the applicant.
   65  The applicant must submit a set of fingerprints to the
   66  Department of Health on a form and under procedures specified by
   67  the department, along with payment in an amount equal to the
   68  costs incurred by the department for a national criminal
   69  background check of the applicant for the initial renewal of his
   70  or her license after January 1, 2000. If the applicant fails to
   71  submit either the information required under s. 456.039 or a set
   72  of fingerprints to the department as required by this section,
   73  the department must shall issue a notice of noncompliance, and
   74  the applicant will be given 30 additional days to comply. If the
   75  applicant fails to comply within 30 days after the notice of
   76  noncompliance is issued, the department or board, as
   77  appropriate, may issue a citation to the applicant and may fine
   78  the applicant up to $50 for each day that the applicant is not
   79  in compliance with the requirements of s. 456.039. The citation
   80  must clearly state that the applicant may choose, in lieu of
   81  accepting the citation, to follow the procedure under s.
   82  456.073. If the applicant disputes the matter in the citation,
   83  the procedures set forth in s. 456.073 must be followed.
   84  However, if the applicant does not dispute the matter in the
   85  citation with the department within 30 days after the citation
   86  is served, the citation becomes a final order and constitutes
   87  discipline. Service of a citation may be made by personal
   88  service or certified mail, restricted delivery, to the subject
   89  at the applicant’s last known address. If an applicant has
   90  submitted fingerprints to the department for a national criminal
   91  history check upon initial licensure and is renewing his or her
   92  license for the first time, then the applicant need only submit
   93  the information and fee required for a statewide criminal
   94  history check.
   95         Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
   96  458.3191, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   97         458.3191 Physician survey.—
   98         (1) Each person who applies for licensure renewal as a
   99  physician under this chapter or chapter 459 must, in conjunction
  100  with the renewal of such license under procedures adopted by the
  101  Department of Health and in addition to any other information
  102  that may be required from the applicant, furnish the following
  103  to the Department of Health in a physician survey:
  104         (b) Availability and trends relating to critically needed
  105  services, including, but not limited to:
  106         1. Obstetric care and services, including incidents of
  107  deliveries.
  108         2. Radiological services, particularly performance of
  109  mammograms and breast-imaging services.
  110         3. Physician services for hospital emergency departments
  111  and trauma centers, including on-call hours.
  112         4.Sickle cell disease education as required under s.
  113  456.65.
  114         5.4. Other critically needed specialty areas, as determined
  115  by the department.
  116         Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 459.008, Florida
  117  Statutes, is amended to read:
  118         459.008 Renewal of licenses and certificates.—
  119         (1) The department shall renew a license or certificate
  120  upon receipt of the renewal application and fee. An applicant
  121  for a renewed license must also submit evidence that the
  122  applicant has completed the education required under s. 456.65,
  123  as well as the information required under s. 456.039, to the
  124  department on a form and under procedures specified by the
  125  department, along with payment in an amount equal to the costs
  126  incurred by the Department of Health for the statewide criminal
  127  background check of the applicant. The applicant must submit a
  128  set of fingerprints to the Department of Health on a form and
  129  under procedures specified by the department, along with payment
  130  in an amount equal to the costs incurred by the department for a
  131  national criminal background check of the applicant for the
  132  initial renewal of his or her license after January 1, 2000. If
  133  the applicant fails to submit either the information required
  134  under s. 456.039 or a set of fingerprints to the department as
  135  required by this section, the department must shall issue a
  136  notice of noncompliance, and the applicant will be given 30
  137  additional days to comply. If the applicant fails to comply
  138  within 30 days after the notice of noncompliance is issued, the
  139  department or board, as appropriate, may issue a citation to the
  140  applicant and may fine the applicant up to $50 for each day that
  141  the applicant is not in compliance with the requirements of s.
  142  456.039. The citation must clearly state that the applicant may
  143  choose, in lieu of accepting the citation, to follow the
  144  procedure under s. 456.073. If the applicant disputes the matter
  145  in the citation, the procedures set forth in s. 456.073 must be
  146  followed. However, if the applicant does not dispute the matter
  147  in the citation with the department within 30 days after the
  148  citation is served, the citation becomes a final order and
  149  constitutes discipline. Service of a citation may be made by
  150  personal service or certified mail, restricted delivery, to the
  151  subject at the applicant’s last known address. If an applicant
  152  has submitted fingerprints to the department for a national
  153  criminal history check upon initial licensure and is renewing
  154  his or her license for the first time, then the applicant need
  155  only submit the information and fee required for a statewide
  156  criminal history check.
  157         Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.