Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
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             04/23/2009 11:06 AM       .                                
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       Senator Peaden moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 2512 and 2513
    4  insert:
    5         Section 41. Subsection (2) of section 408.0361, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         408.0361 Cardiovascular services and burn unit licensure.—
    8         (2) Each provider of adult interventional cardiology
    9  cardiovascular services or operator of a burn unit shall comply
   10  with rules adopted by the agency which that establish licensure
   11  standards that govern the provision of adult cardiology
   12  cardiovascular services or the operation of a burn unit, except
   13  that specialty-licensed children’s hospitals providing
   14  cardiology services to adults for structural or congenital heart
   15  diseases are exempt from such rules and licensure standards.
   16  Such rules shall consider, at a minimum, staffing, equipment,
   17  physical plant, operating protocols, the provision of services
   18  to Medicaid and charity care patients, accreditation, licensure
   19  period and fees, and enforcement of minimum standards. The
   20  certificate-of-need rules for adult cardiovascular services and
   21  burn units in effect on June 30, 2004, are authorized pursuant
   22  to this subsection and shall remain in effect and shall be
   23  enforceable by the agency until the licensure rules are adopted.
   24  Existing providers and any provider with a notice of intent to
   25  grant a certificate of need or a final order of the agency
   26  granting a certificate of need for adult cardiovascular services
   27  or burn units shall be considered grandfathered and receive a
   28  license for their programs effective on the effective date of
   29  this act. The grandfathered licensure shall be for at least 3
   30  years or until July 1, 2008, whichever is longer, but shall be
   31  required to meet licensure standards applicable to existing
   32  programs for every subsequent licensure period.
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   34  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   35         And the title is amended as follows:
   36         Delete line 190
   37  and insert:
   38         penalties; amending s. 408.0361, F.S.; providing an
   39         exception for certain specialty-licensed children’s
   40         hospitals from rules establishing licensure standards
   41         for providers of adult interventional cardiology
   42         services; amending s. 408.803, F.S.; revising