Bill Amendment: FL S0474 | 2017 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: Hospice Care
Status: 2017-06-19 - Chapter No. 2017-119 [S0474 Detail]
Download: Florida-2017-S0474-Senate_Committee_Amendment_174398_to_Amendment_479570_.html
Bill Title: Hospice Care
Status: 2017-06-19 - Chapter No. 2017-119 [S0474 Detail]
Download: Florida-2017-S0474-Senate_Committee_Amendment_174398_to_Amendment_479570_.html
Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 474 Ì174398YÎ174398 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 03/27/2017 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Health Policy (Grimsley) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (479570) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Delete lines 5 - 216 5 and insert: 6 Section 1. Section 400.60501, Florida Statutes, is amended 7 to read: 8 400.60501 Outcome measures; adoption of federal quality 9 measures; public reportingnational initiatives; annual report.— 10 (1) No later than December 31, 20192007, the departmentof11Elderly Affairs, in conjunction with the agencyfor Health Care12Administration, shall adopt the national hospicedevelopoutcome 13 measures in 42 C.F.R. part 418 to determine the quality and 14 effectiveness of hospice care for hospices licensed in the 15 state.At a minimum, these outcome measures shall include a16requirement that 50 percent of patients who report severe pain17on a 0-to-10 scale must report a reduction to 5 or less by the18end of the 4th day of care on the hospice program.19 (2)For hospices licensed in the state,The departmentof20Elderly Affairs, in conjunction with the agencyfor Health Care21Administration, shall: 22 (a) Make available to the public the national hospice 23 outcome measures in a format that is comprehensible by a 24 layperson and that allows a consumer to compare such measures of 25 one or more hospicesConsider andadopt national initiatives,26such as those developed by the national hospiceand Palliative27Care Organization, to set benchmarks for measuring the quality28of hospice care provided in the state. 29 (b) Develop an annual report that analyzes and evaluates 30 the information collected under this act and any other data 31 collection or reporting provisions of law. 32 33 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 34 And the title is amended as follows: 35 Delete lines 305 - 320 36 and insert: 37 An act relating to hospice care; amending s. 38 400.60501, F.S.; requiring the Department of Elderly 39 Affairs, in conjunction with the Agency for Health 40 Care Administration, to adopt national hospice outcome 41 measures by a specified date and to make such measures 42 available to the public; creating