Florida Senate - 2013                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/HB 1159, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             05/02/2013 08:48 AM       .                                
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       Senator Hays moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 17 - 64
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) and subsection
    6  (14) of section 395.4001, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         395.4001 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term:
    8         (7) “Level II trauma center” means a trauma center that:
    9         (a) Is verified by the department to be in substantial
   10  compliance with Level II trauma center standards and has been
   11  approved by the department to operate as a Level II trauma
   12  center or is designated pursuant to s. 395.4025(14).
   13         (14) “Trauma center” means a hospital that has been
   14  verified by the department to be in substantial compliance with
   15  the requirements in s. 395.4025 and has been approved by the
   16  department to operate as a Level I trauma center, Level II
   17  trauma center, or pediatric trauma center, or is designated by
   18  the department as a Level II trauma center pursuant to
   19  s. 395.4025(14).
   20         Section 2. Paragraph (k) of subsection (1) of section
   21  395.401, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   22         395.401 Trauma services system plans; approval of trauma
   23  centers and pediatric trauma centers; procedures; renewal.—
   24         (1)
   25         (k) It is unlawful for any hospital or other facility to
   26  hold itself out as a trauma center unless it has been so
   27  verified or designated pursuant to s. 395.4025(14).
   28         Section 3. Subsection (14) of section 395.4025, Florida
   29  Statutes, is amended to read:
   30         395.4025 Trauma centers; selection; quality assurance;
   31  records.—
   32         (14) Notwithstanding the procedures established pursuant to
   33  subsections (1) through (13) in this section, hospitals located
   34  in areas with limited access to trauma center services shall be
   35  designated by the department as Level II trauma centers based on
   36  documentation of a valid certificate of trauma center
   37  verification from the American College of Surgeons. Areas with
   38  limited access to trauma center services are defined by the
   39  following criteria:
   40         (a)The hospital is located in a trauma service area with a
   41  population greater than 600,000 persons but a population density
   42  of less than 225 persons per square mile; and
   43         (b)The hospital is located in a county with no verified
   44  trauma center; and
   45  (c)The hospital is located at least 15 miles or 20 minutes
   46  travel time by ground transport from the nearest verified trauma
   47  center any other provisions of this section and rules adopted
   48  pursuant to this section, until the department has conducted the
   49  review provided under s. 395.402, only hospitals located in
   50  trauma services areas where there is no existing trauma center
   51  may apply.
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   53  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   54         And the title is amended as follows:
   55         Delete lines 2 - 5
   56  and insert:
   57         An act relating to health care facilities; amending s.
   58         395.4001, F.S.; revising the definition of the terms
   59         “level II trauma center” and “trauma center”; amending
   60         s. 395.401, F.S.; making conforming changes; amending
   61         s. 395.4025, F.S.; establishing criteria for
   62         designating Level II trauma centers in areas with
   63         limited access to trauma center services; amending s.
   64         408.036,