Florida Senate - 2018                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 7026
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Braynon moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (234288) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    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.
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   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.;