Florida Senate - 2011                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/HB 1125, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             05/04/2011 05:54 PM       .      05/03/2011 05:32 PM       
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       Senator Garcia moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 29
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (l) of subsection (3) of section
    6  408.036, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         408.036 Projects subject to review; exemptions.—
    8         (3) EXEMPTIONS.—Upon request, the following projects are
    9  subject to exemption from the provisions of subsection (1):
   10         (l) For the establishment of:
   11         1. A Level II neonatal intensive care unit with at least 10
   12  beds, upon documentation to the agency that the applicant
   13  hospital had a minimum of 1,500 births during the previous 12
   14  months; or
   15         2. A Level III neonatal intensive care unit with at least
   16  15 beds, upon documentation to the agency that the applicant
   17  hospital has a Level II neonatal intensive care unit of at least
   18  10 beds and had a minimum of 3,500 births during the previous 12
   19  months; or,
   20         3. A Level III neonatal intensive care unit with at least 5
   21  beds, upon documentation to the agency that the applicant
   22  hospital is a verified trauma center pursuant to s.
   23  395.4001(14), and has a Level II neonatal intensive care unit,
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   25  if the applicant demonstrates that it meets the requirements for
   26  quality of care, nurse staffing, physician staffing, physical
   27  plant, equipment, emergency transportation, and data reporting
   28  found in agency certificate-of-need rules for Level II and Level
   29  III neonatal intensive care units and if the applicant commits
   30  to the provision of services to Medicaid and charity patients at
   31  a level equal to or greater than the district average. Such a
   32  commitment is subject to s. 408.040.
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   34  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   35         And the title is amended as follows:
   36         Delete line 2
   37  and insert:
   38         An act relating to health and human services; amending
   39         s. 408.036, F.S.; providing an exemption from review
   40         by the agency and the requirement to file an
   41         application for a certificate of need with the agency
   42         for certain Level III neonatal intensive care units
   43         under certain circumstances; amending s.