Senate Bill sb0968

    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 968

    By Senator Clary





    7-869-01                                            See HB 339

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to certificate of need;

  3         amending s. 408.043, F.S.; providing criteria

  4         for review of a certificate-of-need application

  5         for establishment of an adult open heart

  6         surgery program in a county in which none of

  7         the hospitals has an existing or approved adult

  8         open heart surgery program; providing an

  9         effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  Subsection (5) is added to section 408.043,

14  Florida Statutes, to read:

15         408.043  Special provisions.--

16         (5)  OPEN HEART SURGERY.--When an application is made

17  for a certificate of need to establish an adult open heart

18  surgery program in a county in which none of the hospitals has

19  an existing or approved adult open heart surgery program, need

20  shall be evaluated under special circumstances to promote

21  reasonable access to such a program within the county. The

22  criteria on which the certificate of need is reviewed in such

23  circumstances shall favor approval in those counties that can

24  support a designated minimum projected volume of residents

25  discharged with a principal diagnosis of ischemic heart

26  disease. County-specific need identified under these

27  circumstances shall exist independently of and in addition to

28  any district need identified under the standard numeric need

29  formula.

30         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

31  law.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 968
    7-869-01                                            See HB 339




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      Provides criteria for review of a certificate-of-need
  4    application for establishment of an adult open heart
      surgery program in a county in which none of the
  5    hospitals has an existing or approved adult open heart
      surgery program.
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