Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 438
       
       
       
       By Senator Altman
       
       
       
       
       16-00218-13                                            2013438__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to memory disorder clinics; amending
    3         s. 430.502, F.S.; revising provisions for the
    4         establishment of memory disorder clinics in the state;
    5         providing an effective date.
    6  
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 430.502, Florida
   10  Statutes, is amended to read:
   11         430.502 Alzheimer’s disease; memory disorder clinics and
   12  day care and respite care programs.—
   13         (1) The following memory disorder clinics are There is
   14  established for the purpose of conducting research and training
   15  in a diagnostic and therapeutic setting for persons suffering
   16  from Alzheimer’s disease and related memory disorders:
   17         (a) A memory disorder clinic at each of the three medical
   18  schools in this state.;
   19         (b) A memory disorder clinic at a major private nonprofit
   20  research-oriented teaching hospital, and the Legislature may
   21  fund a memory disorder clinic at any of the other affiliated
   22  teaching hospitals.;
   23         (c) A memory disorder clinic at the Mayo Clinic in
   24  Jacksonville.;
   25         (d) A memory disorder clinic at the West Florida Regional
   26  Medical Center.;
   27         (e) A The memory disorder clinic operated by Health First,
   28  Inc., operating in Brevard County.;
   29         (f) A memory disorder clinic at the Orlando Regional
   30  Healthcare System, Inc.;
   31         (g) A memory disorder center located in a public hospital
   32  that is operated by an independent special hospital taxing
   33  district that governs multiple hospitals and is located in a
   34  county with a population greater than 800,000 persons.;
   35         (h) A memory disorder clinic at St. Mary’s Medical Center
   36  in Palm Beach County.;
   37         (i) A memory disorder clinic at Tallahassee Memorial
   38  Healthcare.;
   39         (j) A memory disorder clinic at Lee Memorial Hospital
   40  created by chapter 63-1552, Laws of Florida, as amended.;
   41         (k) A memory disorder clinic at Sarasota Memorial Hospital
   42  in Sarasota County.;
   43         (l) A memory disorder clinic at Morton Plant Hospital,
   44  Clearwater, in Pinellas County.; and
   45         (m) A memory disorder clinic at Florida Atlantic
   46  University, Boca Raton, in Palm Beach County.,
   47  
   48  for the purpose of conducting research and training in a
   49  diagnostic and therapeutic setting for persons suffering from
   50  Alzheimer’s disease and related memory disorders. However,
   51  memory disorder clinics funded as of June 30, 1995, may shall
   52  not receive decreased funding due solely to subsequent additions
   53  of memory disorder clinics in this subsection.
   54         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.