CS for CS for SB 1316 - Health Care Summary

• Redefines "accrediting organizations" for hospital regulation to include national accreditation organizations approved by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services instead of specifically named organizations.

• Modifies Medicaid provider requirements including extending medical records retention from 5 to 6 years, requiring providers to report changes in ownership/principals within 30 days, and changing onsite inspections from mandatory to discretionary before provider agreement entry.

• Expands optometrist scope of practice to administer and prescribe oral ocular pharmaceutical agents (subject to completing a pharmacology course) and allows removal of superficial foreign bodies, while prohibiting systemic drug prescribing and restricting certain controlled substances.

• Revises Medicaid fraud and overpayment procedures including changing venue to Leon County, establishing 30-day payment deadlines for overpayments and fines, and requiring agencies to base audit determinations on contemporaneous records only.

• Adds requirements for assisted living facilities to report adverse incidents annually to the Legislature and authorizes the agency to require physical examinations of residents when placement appropriateness is questioned.