Florida Senate - 2016                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 212
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  02/26/2016           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Flores) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 74 and 75
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. (1) The Board of Medicine shall adopt rules to
    6  establish requirements that ensure the safe and effective
    7  delivery of pediatric surgical care in ambulatory surgical
    8  centers in accordance with the American College of Surgeons’
    9  evidence-based standards for optimal pediatric care. The rules
   10  must establish minimum standards for pediatric-specific patient
   11  care, including at least the following:
   12         (a) Surgical risk assessment.
   13         (b) Anesthesiology.
   14         (c) Resuscitation.
   15         (d) Transfer agreements.
   16         (e) Training and certification of pediatric health care
   17  providers.
   18         (2) An ambulatory surgical center may not perform operative
   19  procedures on an infant or a child younger than 18 years of age
   20  which require that the infant or child remain in the facility
   21  past midnight on the day of the procedure until such rules have
   22  been adopted.
   23  
   24  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   25  And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Between lines 8 and 9
   27  insert:
   28         requiring the Board of Medicine to adopt rules
   29         establishing requirements that ensure the safe and
   30         effective delivery of pediatric surgical care in
   31         ambulatory surgical centers; requiring that the rules
   32         address specific aspects of care; prohibiting
   33         ambulatory surgical centers from performing certain
   34         operative procedures until such rules are adopted;