The Agency is proposing to amend rules to remove a tertiary service no longer under Certificate of Need (CON) purview, remove language regarding adult services, update definitions and add the collection of utilization reports.
AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:
59C-1.002Definitions
59C-1.032Cardiac Catheterization and Angioplasty Institutional Health Services
59C-1.033Open Heart Surgery Program
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The Agency is proposing to amend rules to remove a tertiary service no longer under Certificate of Need (CON) purview, remove language regarding adult services, update definitions and add the collection of utilization reports.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: The proposed amendment to Rule 59C-1.002, F.A.C., removes adult open heart surgery from the list of tertiary services. The proposed amendments to Rules 59C-1.032 and 59C-1.033, F.A.C., remove all references to adult open heart surgery programs and adult cardiac catheterization programs, as these programs no longer require a CON to be established, and removes Travel Standard language, need determination and other components of the adult program’s CON criteria.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 408.034 (3) and (8); and 408.15 (8), FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 408.032 (17), 408.033 (1)(a), (3)(b), 408.034 (3), 408.035, 408.036 (1)(f), 408.037(1), 408.039 (1), (2), (4)(a), FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: August 22, 2016, 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
PLACE: Agency for Health Care Administration, Building Three, Conference Room C, 2727 Mahan Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32308
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Marisol Fitch, Certificate of Need and Commercial Managed Care Unit Supervisor, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 28, Building 1, Tallahassee, Florida or call (850)412-4346
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.
Document Information
- Subject:
- The proposed amendment to Rule 59C-1.002, F.A.C., removes adult open heart surgery from the list of tertiary services. The proposed amendments to Rules 59C-1.032 and 59C-1.033, F.A.C., remove all references to adult open heart surgery programs and adult cardiac catheterization programs, as these programs no longer require a CON to be established, and removes Travel Standard language, need determination and other components of the adult program's CON criteria.
- Purpose:
- The Agency is proposing to amend rules to remove a tertiary service no longer under Certificate of Need (CON) purview, remove language regarding adult services, update definitions and add the collection of utilization reports.
- Rulemaking Authority:
- 408.034 (3) and (8); and 408.15 (8), F.S.
- Law:
- 408.032 (17), 408.033 (1)(a) and (3)(b), 408.034 (3), 408.035, 408.036 (1)(f), 408.037(1), and 408.039 (1), (2), and (4)(a), F.S.
- Contact:
- Marisol Fitch, Certificate of Need and Commercial Managed Care Unit Supervisor, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 28, Building 1, Tallahassee, Florida or call (850) 412-4346.
- Related Rules: (3)
- 59C-1.002. Definitions
- 59C-1.032. Cardiac Catheterization and Angioplasty Institutional Health Services
- 59C-1.033. Open Heart Surgery Program