Florida Senate - 2018 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 7026
Ì8876503Î887650
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
.
.
.
.
.
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————
Senator Braynon moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (234288) (with title
2 amendment)
3
4 Between lines 22 and 23
5 insert:
6 Section 4. Section 16.63, Florida Statutes, is created to
7 read:
8 16.63 Medical Reimbursement Program for Victims of Mass
9 Shootings.—
10 (1) The Medical Reimbursement Program for Victims of Mass
11 Shootings is established in the Department of Legal Affairs to
12 reimburse trauma centers verified or designated pursuant to s.
13 395.4025 for the medical and behavioral health costs of treating
14 victims for injuries associated with a mass shooting. As used in
15 this section, the term “mass shooting” means an incident in
16 which four or more people are killed or injured by firearms in
17 one or more locations in close proximity. The Department of
18 Legal Affairs must reimburse such trauma centers based on a
19 department-approved fee schedule for the documented medical and
20 behavioral health costs of treating victims for injuries
21 associated with a mass shooting. A trauma center that requests a
22 reimbursement through the program may not bill the victim of a
23 mass shooting or his or her family. This section does not
24 prohibit a trauma center from billing a victim’s third-party
25 insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare, if applicable, for services
26 provided to a victim of a mass shooting. This section applies
27 retroactively to June 12, 2016.
28 (2) The Department of Legal Affairs shall adopt rules
29 pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the program.
30 Section 5. For the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the sum of $10
31 million in recurring funds is appropriated from the General
32 Revenue Fund to the Department of Legal Affairs to reimburse
33 verified or designated trauma centers for documented medical and
34 behavioral health costs of treating victims of mass shootings
35 through its Medical Reimbursement Program for Victims of Mass
36 Shootings.
37 Section 6. Notwithstanding s. 790.06(13), beginning January
38 1, 2019, and each January 1 thereafter, the Department of
39 Agriculture and Consumer Services shall transfer 10 percent of
40 the fees collected for new and renewal concealed weapon or
41 firearm licenses from the Division of Licensing Trust Fund to
42 the Department of Legal Affairs to reimburse verified or
43 designated trauma centers for documented medical and behavioral
44 health costs of treating victims of mass shootings through its
45 Medical Reimbursement Program for Victims of Mass Shootings.
46
47 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
48 And the title is amended as follows:
49 Delete line 2377
50 and insert:
51 crime watch programs; creating s. 16.63, F.S.;
52 establishing the Medical Reimbursement Program for
53 Victims of Mass Shootings in the Department of Legal
54 Affairs; defining the term “mass shooting”; requiring
55 the department to reimburse verified or designated
56 trauma centers for certain costs associated with
57 treating victims for injuries associated with a mass
58 shooting; prohibiting trauma centers that request such
59 reimbursement from billing victims of mass shootings
60 or their families; providing construction; providing
61 retroactive applicability; requiring the Department of
62 Legal Affairs to adopt rules; providing an
63 appropriation; requiring the Department of Agriculture
64 and Consumer Services to annually transfer a
65 percentage of the fees collected for new and renewal
66 concealed weapon or firearm licenses from the Division
67 of Licensing Trust Fund to the Department of Legal
68 Affairs to reimburse the trauma centers; amending s.
69 20.15, F.S.;