SB 2480 Summary

• Establishes new "specialty clinic" category requiring licensure for facilities providing infusion therapy services to HIV/AIDS outpatients, with enhanced regulatory requirements including detailed ownership disclosure and sworn financial statements

• Expands background screening requirements to include persons with pecuniary interests exceeding $5,000 and financial decision-making authority over clinic operations; denies licensure to applicants convicted of felonies involving dishonesty within 10 years

• Creates complaint and audit process requiring specialty clinics to submit sworn affidavits for billing fraud allegations, with referral to Department of Financial Services Office of Fiscal Integrity and potential criminal prosecution for false complaints

• Requires specialty clinics to file annual audited reports detailing patient volume, operating expenses, revenue by payor category, and ownership changes; authorizes unannounced inspections and assessment of investigation costs

• Designates the Florida Center for Nursing as the "Florida Barbara B. Lumpkin Center for Nursing" and appropriates $212,528 in recurring and $25,347 in nonrecurring funds with four full-time positions effective July 1, 2010