Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7016
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/11/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Burton) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
    2  
    3         Delete lines 2139 - 2198
    4  and insert:
    5         2. Dental residents.
    6         3. Advanced practice registered nursing students pursuing a
    7  primary care specialty.
    8         4. Nursing students.
    9         5. Allopathic or osteopathic medical students.
   10         6. Dental students.
   11         7. Dental hygiene students.
   12         8. Physician assistant students.
   13         9. Behavioral health students, including students studying
   14  psychology, clinical social work, marriage and family therapy,
   15  or mental health counseling.
   16         (b) Meet and maintain all requirements to operate an
   17  accredited residency program if the qualified facility operates
   18  a residency program.
   19         (c) Obtain and maintain accreditation from an accreditation
   20  body approved by the agency if the qualified facility provides
   21  clinical rotations.
   22         (d) Ensure that clinical preceptors meet agency standards
   23  for precepting students, including the completion of any
   24  training required by the agency.
   25         (e) Submit quarterly reports to the agency by the first day
   26  of the second month following the end of a quarter to obtain
   27  reimbursement. At a minimum, the report must include all of the
   28  following:
   29         1. The type of residency or clinical rotation offered by
   30  the qualified facility, the number of residents or students
   31  participating in each type of clinical rotation or residency,
   32  and the number of hours worked by each resident or student each
   33  month.
   34         2. Evaluations by the residents and student participants of
   35  the clinical experience on an evaluation form developed by the
   36  agency.
   37         3. An itemized list of administrative costs associated with
   38  the operation of the clinical training program, including
   39  accreditation costs and other costs relating to the creation,
   40  implementation, and maintenance of the program.
   41         4. A calculation of lost revenue associated with operating
   42  the clinical training program.
   43         (4) TRAINING.—The agency, in consultation with the
   44  Department of Health, shall develop, or contract for the
   45  development of, training for preceptors and make such training
   46  available in either a live or electronic format. The agency
   47  shall also provide technical support for preceptors.
   48         (5) REIMBURSEMENT.—Qualified facilities may be reimbursed
   49  under this section only to offset the administrative costs or
   50  lost revenue associated with training students, allopathic
   51  residents, or osteopathic residents who are enrolled in an
   52  accredited educational or residency program based in this state.
   53         (a) Subject to an appropriation, the agency may reimburse a
   54  qualified facility based on the number of clinical training
   55  hours reported under subparagraph (3)(e)1. The allowed
   56  reimbursement per student is as follows:
   57         1. A medical or dental resident at a rate of $50 per hour.
   58         2. A first-year medical student at a rate of $27 per hour.
   59         3. A second-year medical student at a rate of $27 per hour.
   60         4. A third-year medical student at a rate of $29 per hour.
   61         5. A fourth-year medical student at a rate of $29 per hour.
   62         6. A dental student at a rate of $22 per hour.
   63         7. An advanced practice registered nursing student at a
   64  rate of $22 per hour.
   65         8. A physician assistant student at a rate of $22 per hour.
   66         9. A behavioral health student at a rate of $15 per hour.
   67         10. A dental hygiene student at a rate of $15 per hour.