SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1108, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 610718

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11  Senator Silver moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 54, between lines 28 and 29,

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17         Section 17.  The Agency for Health Care Administration

18  may conduct a 2-year pilot project to authorize overnight

19  stays in one ambulatory surgical center located in Acute Care

20  Subdistrict 9-1. An overnight stay shall be permitted only to

21  perform plastic and reconstructive surgeries defined by

22  current procedural terminology code numbers 13000-19999. The

23  total time a patient is at the ambulatory surgical center

24  shall not exceed 23 hours and 59 minutes, including the

25  surgery time, and the maximum planned duration of all surgical

26  procedures combined shall not exceed 8 hours. Prior to

27  implementation of the pilot project, the agency shall

28  establish minimum requirements for protecting the health,

29  safety, and welfare of patients receiving overnight care.

30  These shall include, at a minimum, compliance with all

31  statutes and rules applicable to ambulatory surgical centers

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1108, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 610718





  1  and the requirements set forth in Rule 64B8-9.009, F.A.C.,

  2  relating to Level II and Level III procedures. If the agency

  3  implements the pilot project, it shall, within 6 months after

  4  its completion, submit a report to the Legislature on whether

  5  to expand the pilot to include all ambulatory surgical

  6  centers. The recommendation shall be based on consideration of

  7  the efficacy and impact to patient safety and quality of

  8  patient care of providing plastic and reconstructive surgeries

  9  in the ambulatory surgical center setting. The agency is

10  authorized to obtain such data as necessary to implement this

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17  And the title is amended as follows:

18         On page 2, line 16, following the semicolon

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21         authorizing the Agency for Health Care

22         Administration to conduct a pilot project on

23         overnight stays in an ambulatory surgical

24         center;

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