Bill > S1726

This bill: Requires birth centers to report certain deaths and stillbirths to the Agency for Health Care Administration (agency); revises provisions requiring the agency to conduct licensure inspections of nursing homes; removes a requirement that the agency annually report to the Governor and the Legislature on the progress of implementation of electronic prescribing and instead requires the agency to annually publish such information on its website; extends the rural hospital designation for certain hospitals through June 30, 2025; repeals the requirement for the agency to annually report on state health expenditures; requires the agency to adopt national hospice outcome measures and survey data and make the information publicly available; requires the agency to annually publish information on the use of emergency department services by patient acuity level and the availability of health care quality measures; and makes various other changes related to the agency's regulation of health care providers and facilities.

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

Appropriations (Senate), Health Policy (Senate)

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2020/1726