Summary of CS for SB 1676

• Extends sovereign immunity protections to nonprofit independent colleges and universities in Florida that own or operate accredited medical schools when they provide patient services through affiliation agreements with teaching hospitals.

• Designates employees and agents of qualifying medical schools as agents of teaching hospitals when providing patient services, making them immune from tort liability under the same conditions as teaching hospital employees (except for bad faith, malicious purpose, or wanton disregard).

• Requires affiliation agreements between medical schools and teaching hospitals to include indemnification provisions protecting the teaching hospital up to statutory limits and to designate the medical school portions as acting on behalf of a public agency for public records purposes.

• Mandates that patients be notified that medical school employees are acting as agents of the teaching hospital and that the exclusive remedy for injuries is through the statutory tort claims process under section 768.28.

• Specifies that contracted patient services include comprehensive health care, training and supervision of interns/residents/fellows/medical students, and related administrative services provided in teaching hospitals; effective date upon becoming law for all claims accruing after enactment.