CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.House Bill 1519
Florida House of Representatives - 1997 HB 1519
By Representative Westbrook
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to rural hospitals; amending
3 ss. 395.602 and 408.07, F.S.; revising the
4 definition of "rural hospital" to increase the
5 allowable number of licensed beds; providing an
6 effective date.
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8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section
11 395.602, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
12 395.602 Rural hospitals.--
13 (2) DEFINITIONS.--As used in this part:
14 (e) "Rural hospital" means an acute care hospital
15 licensed under this chapter, with 100 85 licensed beds or
16 less, which has an emergency room and is located in an area
17 defined as rural by the United States Census, and which is:
18 1. The sole provider within a county with a population
19 density of no greater than 100 persons per square mile; or
20 2. An acute care hospital, in a county with a
21 population density of no greater than 100 persons per square
22 mile, which is at least 30 minutes of travel time, on normally
23 traveled roads under normal traffic conditions, from any other
24 acute care hospital within the same county; or
25 3. A hospital supported by a tax district or
26 subdistrict whose boundaries encompass a population of 100
27 persons or less per square mile.
28 Section 2. Subsection (47) of section 408.07, Florida
29 Statutes, is amended to read:
30 408.07 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, with the
31 exception of ss. 408.031-408.045, the term:
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1 (47) "Rural hospital" means an acute care hospital
2 licensed under chapter 395, with 100 85 licensed beds or
3 fewer, which has an emergency room and is located in an area
4 defined as rural by the United States Census, and which is:
5 (a) The sole provider within a county with a
6 population density of no greater than 100 persons per square
7 mile;
8 (b) An acute care hospital, in a county with a
9 population density of no greater than 100 persons per square
10 mile, which is at least 30 minutes of travel time, on normally
11 traveled roads under normal traffic conditions, from another
12 acute care hospital within the same county; or
13 (c) A hospital supported by a tax district or
14 subdistrict whose boundaries encompass a population of 100
15 persons or less per square mile.
16 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 1997.
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19 HOUSE SUMMARY
20 Increases from 85 to 100 the maximum number of licensed beds
allowed a rural hospital under the statutory definitions of
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