Florida Senate - 2026                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 162
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/25/2026           .                                
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       The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
       (Davis) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 18 - 28
    4  and insert:
    5  effectively captures and filters surgical smoke before the smoke
    6  makes contact with the eyes or respiratory tracts of occupants
    7  in the room.
    8         (b) “Surgical smoke” means the gaseous byproduct produced
    9  by energy-generating devices, such as lasers and electrosurgical
   10  devices. The term includes, but is not limited to, surgical
   11  plume, smoke plume, bioaerosols, laser-generated airborne
   12  contaminants, and lung-damaging dust.
   13         (2) By January 1, 2027, each licensed facility shall adopt
   14  and implement policies to prevent patients and personnel from
   15  being exposed to surgical smoke that is deemed a health risk and
   16  demonstrated by medical evidence as causing harm, including by
   17  using a smoke evacuation system or any other appropriate measure
   18  during any surgical procedure that is likely
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   20  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   21  And the title is amended as follows:
   22         Delete lines 7 - 8
   23  and insert:
   24         to prevent patients and personnel from being exposed
   25         to harmful surgical smoke; providing an effective