Bill Text: FL S0584 | 2020 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Council on Physician Assistants

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2020-03-14 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services [S0584 Detail]

Download: Florida-2020-S0584-Comm_Sub.html

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       Florida Senate - 2020                              CS for SB 584
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Health Policy; and Senator Harrell
       
       
       
       
       
       588-03864-20                                           2020584c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Council on Physician
    3         Assistants; amending ss. 458.347 and 459.022, F.S.;
    4         revising requirements relating to the Council on
    5         Physician Assistants membership; conforming provisions
    6         to changes made by the act; providing an effective
    7         date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (9) of
   12  section 458.347, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   13         458.347 Physician assistants.—
   14         (9) COUNCIL ON PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.—The Council on
   15  Physician Assistants is created within the department.
   16         (a) The council shall consist of six five members appointed
   17  as follows:
   18         1. The chairperson of the Board of Medicine shall appoint
   19  two three members who are physicians and members of the Board of
   20  Medicine. At least one of the physicians must supervise a
   21  physician assistant in the physician’s practice.
   22         2. The chairperson of the Board of Osteopathic Medicine
   23  shall appoint one member who is a physician and a member of the
   24  Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
   25         3. The State Surgeon General or his or her designee shall
   26  appoint three a fully licensed physician assistants assistant
   27  licensed under this chapter or chapter 459.
   28         (b) At least two of the members appointed to the council
   29  must be physicians who supervise physician assistants in their
   30  practice. Members shall be appointed to terms of 4 years, except
   31  that of the initial appointments, two members shall be appointed
   32  to terms of 2 years, two members shall be appointed to terms of
   33  3 years, and one member shall be appointed to a term of 4 years,
   34  as established by rule of the boards. Council members may not
   35  serve more than two consecutive terms. The council shall
   36  annually elect a chairperson from among its members. For any
   37  given year, if the election of a chairperson ends in a tie vote,
   38  the State Surgeon General shall select the chairperson from
   39  among the council members.
   40         Section 2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (9) of
   41  section 459.022, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   42         459.022 Physician assistants.—
   43         (9) COUNCIL ON PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.—The Council on
   44  Physician Assistants is created within the department.
   45         (a) The council shall consist of six five members appointed
   46  as follows:
   47         1. The chairperson of the Board of Medicine shall appoint
   48  two three members who are physicians and members of the Board of
   49  Medicine. At least one of the physicians must supervise a
   50  physician assistant in the physician’s practice.
   51         2. The chairperson of the Board of Osteopathic Medicine
   52  shall appoint one member who is a physician and a member of the
   53  Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
   54         3. The State Surgeon General or her or his designee shall
   55  appoint three a fully licensed physician assistants assistant
   56  licensed under chapter 458 or this chapter.
   57         (b) At least two of the members appointed to the council
   58  must be physicians who supervise physician assistants in their
   59  practice. Members shall be appointed to terms of 4 years, except
   60  that of the initial appointments, two members shall be appointed
   61  to terms of 2 years, two members shall be appointed to terms of
   62  3 years, and one member shall be appointed to a term of 4 years,
   63  as established by rule of the boards. Council members may not
   64  serve more than two consecutive terms. The council shall
   65  annually elect a chairperson from among its members. For any
   66  given year, if the election of a chairperson ends in a tie vote,
   67  the State Surgeon General shall select the chairperson from
   68  among the council members.
   69         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.