Florida Senate - 2017 SB 1050
By Senator Simmons
9-00495-17 20171050__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to memory disorder clinics; amending
3 s. 430.502, F.S.; establishing a memory disorder
4 clinic at Florida Hospital in Orange County;
5 reenacting s. 1004.445(3), F.S., relating to providing
6 assistance to memory disorder clinics, to incorporate
7 the amendment made to s. 430.502, F.S., in a reference
8 thereto; providing an effective date.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 430.502, Florida
13 Statutes, is amended, and subsection (2) is republished, to
14 read:
15 430.502 Alzheimer’s disease; memory disorder clinics and
16 day care and respite care programs.—
17 (1) There is established:
18 (a) A memory disorder clinic at each of the three medical
19 schools in this state;
20 (b) A memory disorder clinic at a major private nonprofit
21 research-oriented teaching hospital, and may fund a memory
22 disorder clinic at any of the other affiliated teaching
23 hospitals;
24 (c) A memory disorder clinic at the Mayo Clinic in
25 Jacksonville;
26 (d) A memory disorder clinic at the West Florida Regional
27 Medical Center;
28 (e) A memory disorder clinic operated by Health First in
29 Brevard County;
30 (f) A memory disorder clinic at the Orlando Regional
31 Healthcare System, Inc.;
32 (g) A memory disorder center located in a public hospital
33 that is operated by an independent special hospital taxing
34 district that governs multiple hospitals and is located in a
35 county with a population greater than 800,000 persons;
36 (h) A memory disorder clinic at St. Mary’s Medical Center
37 in Palm Beach County;
38 (i) A memory disorder clinic at Tallahassee Memorial
39 Healthcare;
40 (j) A memory disorder clinic at Lee Memorial Hospital
41 created by chapter 63-1552, Laws of Florida, as amended;
42 (k) A memory disorder clinic at Sarasota Memorial Hospital
43 in Sarasota County;
44 (l) A memory disorder clinic at Morton Plant Hospital,
45 Clearwater, in Pinellas County; and
46 (m) A memory disorder clinic at Florida Atlantic
47 University, Boca Raton, in Palm Beach County; and
48 (n) A memory disorder clinic at Florida Hospital in Orange
49 County,
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51 for the purpose of conducting research and training in a
52 diagnostic and therapeutic setting for persons suffering from
53 Alzheimer’s disease and related memory disorders. However,
54 memory disorder clinics funded as of June 30, 1995, shall not
55 receive decreased funding due solely to subsequent additions of
56 memory disorder clinics in this subsection.
57 (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that research
58 conducted by a memory disorder clinic and supported by state
59 funds pursuant to subsection (1) be applied research, be
60 service-related, and be selected in conjunction with the
61 department. Such research may address, but is not limited to,
62 diagnostic technique, therapeutic interventions, and supportive
63 services for persons suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and
64 related memory disorders and their caregivers. A memory disorder
65 clinic shall conduct such research in accordance with a research
66 plan developed by the clinic which establishes research
67 objectives that are in accordance with this legislative intent.
68 A memory disorder clinic shall also complete and submit to the
69 department a report of the findings, conclusions, and
70 recommendations of completed research. This subsection does not
71 apply to those memory disorder clinics at the three medical
72 schools in the state or at the major private nonprofit research
73 oriented teaching hospital or other affiliated teaching
74 hospital.
75 Section 2. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
76 made by this act to section 430.502, Florida Statutes, in a
77 reference thereto, subsection (3) of section 1004.445, Florida
78 Statutes, is reenacted to read:
79 1004.445 Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer’s Center and
80 Research Institute.—
81 (3) BUDGET.—The institute’s budget shall include the moneys
82 appropriated in the General Appropriations Act, donated, or
83 otherwise provided to the institute from private, local, state,
84 and federal sources, as well as technical and professional
85 income generated or derived from practice activities at the
86 institute. Any appropriation to the institute shall be expended
87 for the purposes specified in this section, including conducting
88 and supporting research and related clinical services, awarding
89 institutional grants and investigator-initiated research grants
90 to other persons within the state through a peer-reviewed
91 competitive process, developing and operating integrated data
92 projects, providing assistance to the memory disorder clinics
93 established in s. 430.502, and providing for the operation of
94 the institute.
95 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.