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FL H0309
Bill
Status
Introduced
10/31/2023
Primary Sponsor
Select Committee on Health Innovation
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AI Summary
- Creates s. 395.607, F.S., allowing rural hospitals and critical access hospitals to apply to the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) for designation as rural emergency hospitals, provided they have no more than 50 beds, can provide emergency services 24/7, and maintain a transfer agreement with a Level I or Level II trauma center.
- Defines "rural emergency services" as emergency services and care not requiring more than 24 hours on average, observation care, and optionally, outpatient services specified by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.
- Exempts designated rural emergency hospitals from requirements to offer acute inpatient care, care beyond 24 hours, or treatment facilities for surgery, obstetrical care, or similar services.
- Requires rural emergency hospitals to comply with the same emergency services obligations as general hospitals with emergency departments, including treating all persons who request emergency care.
- Extends the rural hospital designation deadline from June 30, 2025, to June 30, 2031, for hospitals licensed as rural during the 2010-2011 or 2011-2012 fiscal year, and authorizes AHCA to suspend or revoke a rural emergency hospital designation for noncompliance. Effective July 1, 2024.
Legislative Description
Rural Emergency Hospitals
Last Action
Laid on Table
3/5/2024
Committee Referrals
Health And Human Services2/5/2024
Select Committee on Health Innovation11/13/2023
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