Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 700
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: OO            .                                
                  04/08/2021           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
       (Brodeur) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Between lines 160 and 161
    4  insert:
    5         (6) EXEMPTIONS.—A health care professional who is not
    6  licensed to provide health care services in this state but who
    7  holds an active license to provide health care services in
    8  another state or jurisdiction, and who provides health care
    9  services using telehealth to a patient located in this state, is
   10  not subject to the registration requirement under this section
   11  if the services are provided:
   12         (a) In response to an emergency medical condition as
   13  defined in s. 395.002; or
   14         (b) In consultation with a health care professional
   15  licensed in this state who has ultimate authority over the
   16  diagnosis and care of the patient.
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   19  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   20         Delete lines 126 - 127
   21  and insert:
   22         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1), paragraph (c)
   23  of subsection (2), and subsection (6) of section 456.47, Florida
   24  Statutes, are
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   27  And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 16
   29  and insert:
   30         requirement through telehealth; revising an exemption
   31         from telehealth registration requirements; amending
   32         ss. 458.347