SB 1760 Summary

• Eliminates state licensure requirements for clinical laboratories, requiring them to be federally certified under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 instead.

• Removes licensure requirements for mobile surgical facilities and eliminates the Board of Clinical Laboratory Personnel and health care risk manager licensing programs.

• Repeals the Subscriber Assistance Program and related dispute resolution mechanisms for health insurance grievances, retaining only organizations' internal grievance procedures.

• Modifies assisted living facility regulations by strengthening exemptions for small residential care operations and increasing penalties for unlicensed facilities.

• Makes conforming changes throughout Florida health care statutes to eliminate references to repealed clinical laboratory licensure and mobile surgical facility provisions.