FL H1393

Designates health care providers affiliated with Florida not-for-profit colleges or universities that operate accredited medical schools as agents of public teaching hospitals, granting them sovereign immunity protections under Florida law when providing patient services pursuant to a contract.

Requires contracts between medical schools and teaching hospitals to include indemnification provisions protecting the teaching hospital from liabilities up to limits established in statute.

Mandates that patients receive written notice that medical school employees are agents of the state and that their exclusive remedy for injury or damage is through state tort claims procedures under section 768.28, Florida Statutes.

Specifies that portions of colleges or universities directly providing health care services under such contracts are considered public agencies for purposes of public records laws.

Clarifies that contracted health care providers are not designated as employees or agents of the state for workers' compensation purposes under chapter 440, Florida Statutes.