Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 7026
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Rules (Braynon) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (345360) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 1711 and 1712
    5  insert:
    6         Section 28. Section 16.63, Florida Statutes, is created to
    7  read:
    8         16.63 Medical Reimbursement Program for Victims of Mass
    9  Shootings.—The Medical Reimbursement Program for Victims of Mass
   10  Shootings is established in the Department of Legal Affairs to
   11  reimburse trauma centers verified or designated pursuant to s.
   12  395.4025 for the medical costs of treating victims for injuries
   13  associated with a mass shooting. As used in this section, the
   14  term “mass shooting” means an incident in which four or more
   15  people are killed or injured by firearms in one or more
   16  locations in close proximity. The Department of Legal Affairs
   17  must reimburse such trauma centers based on a department
   18  approved fee schedule for the documented medical costs of
   19  treating victims for injuries associated with a mass shooting. A
   20  trauma center that requests a reimbursement through the program
   21  must accept the reimbursement as payment in full and may not
   22  bill the victim of a mass shooting or his or her family.
   23         Section 29. The sum of $10 million in recurring funds from
   24  the General Revenue Fund is appropriated to the Department of
   25  Legal Affairs to reimburse verified or designated trauma centers
   26  for documented medical costs of treating victims of mass
   27  shootings through its Medical Reimbursement Program for Victims
   28  of Mass Shootings.
   29         Section 30. Each January 1, the Department of Agriculture
   30  and Consumer Services shall transfer 10 percent of the fees
   31  collected for new and renewal concealed weapon or firearm
   32  licenses from the Division of Licensing Trust Fund to the
   33  Department of Legal Affairs to reimburse verified or designated
   34  trauma centers for documented medical costs of treating victims
   35  of mass shootings through its Medical Reimbursement Program for
   36  Victims of Mass Shootings.
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   38  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   39  And the title is amended as follows:
   40         Between lines 1933 and 1934
   41  insert:
   42         creating s. 16.63, F.S.; establishing the Medical
   43         Reimbursement Program for Victims of Mass Shootings in
   44         the Department of Legal Affairs; defining the term
   45         “mass shooting”; requiring the department to reimburse
   46         verified or designated trauma centers for certain
   47         costs associated with treating victims for injuries
   48         associated with a mass shooting; requiring a verified
   49         or designated trauma center that requests a
   50         reimbursement to accept it as payment in full;
   51         providing an appropriation; requiring the Department
   52         of Agriculture and Consumer Services to transfer,
   53         annually and by a specified date, a percentage of the
   54         fees collected for new and renewal concealed weapon or
   55         firearm licenses from the Division of Licensing Trust
   56         Fund to the Department of Legal Affairs to reimburse
   57         the trauma centers;