| 1 | Representatives Gelber and Barreiro offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 50 and 51, insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. Subsection (9) is added to section 395.003, |
| 6 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 7 | 395.003 Licensure; issuance, renewal, denial, |
| 8 | modification, suspension, and revocation.-- |
| 9 | (9) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital |
| 10 | licensed under this chapter that, as of the effective date of |
| 11 | this act, maintains a license that includes comprehensive |
| 12 | rehabilitation beds may add to such beds a number that may not |
| 13 | exceed 20 total beds or 20 percent of the licensed capacity for |
| 14 | such beds, whichever is greater; provided, in addition to any |
| 15 | other documentation otherwise required by the agency, the |
| 16 | hospital: |
| 17 | (a) Certifies that the prior 12-month average occupancy |
| 18 | rate for the licensed beds being expanded meets or exceeds 80 |
| 19 | percent. |
| 20 | (b) Certifies that the beds have been licensed and |
| 21 | operational for at least 12 months. |
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| 24 | Remove line 7, and insert: |
| 25 | An act relating to health care facilities; amending s. 395.003, |
| 26 | F.S.; authorizing certain licensed hospitals to increase bed |
| 27 | capacity under certain circumstances; creating s. |