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FL S1924

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/5/2011

Primary Sponsor

Rene Garcia

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Origin

Senate

2011 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Classifies accredited medical schools as state agencies or subdivisions for sovereign immunity purposes when their employees or students provide health care services to public health trust patients at publicly owned or controlled hospitals and health care facilities.
  • Extends sovereign immunity protections to health care practitioners employed by medical schools and students enrolled in medical schools who are providing services at public hospitals or affiliated health care facilities.
  • Applies sovereign immunity limitations and protections under Florida Statute 768.28 to the medical schools and their personnel in this context.
  • Takes effect July 1, 2011.

Legislative Description

Sovereign Immunity

Last Action

Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

5/7/2011

Committee Referrals

Health Regulation3/16/2011

Full Bill Text

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