Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1712
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Harrell) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 225 - 236
    4  and insert:
    5         (e) An increase in the number of beds for comprehensive
    6  rehabilitation.
    7         (2) PROJECTS SUBJECT TO EXPEDITED REVIEW.—Unless exempt
    8  pursuant to subsection (3), the following projects are subject
    9  to expedited review:
   10         (a) Transfer of a certificate of need, except that when an
   11  existing hospital is acquired by a purchaser, all certificates
   12  of need issued to the hospital which are not yet operational
   13  shall be acquired by the purchaser without need for a transfer.
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   15  The agency shall develop rules to implement the expedited review
   16  process, including time schedule, application content that may
   17  be reduced from the full requirements of s. 408.037(1), and
   18  application processing.
   19         (3) EXEMPTIONS.—Upon request, the following projects are
   20  subject to exemption from the provisions of subsection (1):
   21         (i) For the addition of hospital beds licensed under
   22  chapter 395 for comprehensive rehabilitation in a number that
   23  may not exceed 10 total beds or 10 percent of the licensed
   24  capacity, whichever is greater.
   25         1. In addition to any other documentation otherwise
   26  required by the agency, a request for exemption submitted under
   27  this paragraph must:
   28         a. Certify that the prior 12-month average occupancy rate
   29  for the licensed beds being expanded meets or exceeds 80
   30  percent.
   31         b. Certify that the beds have been licensed and operational
   32  for at least 12 months.
   33         2. The timeframes and monitoring process specified in s.
   34  408.040(2)(a)-(c) apply to any exemption issued under this
   35  paragraph.
   36         3. The agency shall count beds authorized under this
   37  paragraph as approved beds in the published inventory of
   38  hospital beds until the beds are licensed.
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   41  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   42         Delete lines 212 - 213
   43  and insert:
   44         Section 8. Paragraphs (c) and (e) of subsection (1)
   45  paragraph (a) of subsection (2), and paragraph (i) of subsection
   46  (3) of section 408.036, Florida Statutes, are