| 1 | A reviser's bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Florida Statutes; amending ss. |
| 3 | 627.6515 and 766.1015, F.S., to conform to the directive |
| 4 | in s. 1, ch. 93-199, Laws of Florida, to remove gender- |
| 5 | specific references applicable to human beings from the |
| 6 | Florida Statutes without substantive change in legal |
| 7 | effect; providing an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Subsection (9) of section 627.6515, Florida |
| 12 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 13 | 627.6515 Out-of-state groups.-- |
| 14 | (9) Any insured shall be able to terminate membership or |
| 15 | affiliation with the group to whom the master policy is issued. |
| 16 | An insured that elects to terminate his or her membership or |
| 17 | affiliation with the group shall provide written notice to the |
| 18 | insurer. Upon providing the written notice, the member shall be |
| 19 | entitled to the rights and options provided by s. 627.6675. |
| 20 | Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 766.1015, Florida |
| 21 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 22 | 766.1015 Civil immunity for members of or consultants to |
| 23 | certain boards, committees, or other entities.-- |
| 24 | (1) Each member of, or health care professional consultant |
| 25 | to, any committee, board, group, commission, or other entity |
| 26 | shall be immune from civil liability for any act, decision, |
| 27 | omission, or utterance done or made in performance of his or her |
| 28 | duties while serving as a member of or consultant to such |
| 29 | committee, board, group, commission, or other entity established |
| 30 | and operated for purposes of quality improvement review, |
| 31 | evaluation, and planning in a state-licensed health care |
| 32 | facility. Such entities must function primarily to review, |
| 33 | evaluate, or make recommendations relating to: |
| 34 | (a) The duration of patient stays in health care |
| 35 | facilities; |
| 36 | (b) The professional services furnished with respect to |
| 37 | the medical, dental, psychological, podiatric, chiropractic, or |
| 38 | optometric necessity for such services; |
| 39 | (c) The purpose of promoting the most efficient use of |
| 40 | available health care facilities and services; |
| 41 | (d) The adequacy or quality of professional services; |
| 42 | (e) The competency and qualifications for professional |
| 43 | staff privileges; |
| 44 | (f) The reasonableness or appropriateness of charges made |
| 45 | by or on behalf of health care facilities; or |
| 46 | (g) Patient safety, including entering into contracts with |
| 47 | patient safety organizations. |
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| 49 | Reviser's note.--Amended pursuant to the directive of |
| 50 | the Legislature in s. 1, ch. 93-199, Laws of Florida, |
| 51 | to remove gender-specific references applicable to |
| 52 | human beings from the Florida Statutes without |
| 53 | substantive change in legal effect. |
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| 55 | Section 3. This act shall take effect on the 60th day |
| 56 | after adjournment sine die of the session of the Legislature in |
| 57 | which enacted. |