SB 1602 — Health Care Patient Protection

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 1602 By Senatorthe HarrellCommittee 31-01059A-25on 20251602__Health APolicy; bill to be entitled An act relating to health care patient protection;

and Senator Harrell 588-03191-25 20251602c1 A bill to be entitled An act relating to health care patient protection;

requiringauthorizing eacha hospital with an emergency department to submitconduct a specified report to the AgencyNational forPediatric HealthReadiness CareProject’s AdministrationOpen byAssessment specifiedunder dates;certain circumstances;

requiring the agencyAgency for Health Care Administration to adopt certain rules for comprehensive emergency management plans,plans; and, in consultation with the Florida Emergency Medical Services for Children State Partnership Program, establish minimum standards for pediatric patient care in hospital emergency departments;

requiring the agency, in consultation with the Florida Emergency Medical Services for Children State Partnership Program, to establish minimum standards for pediatric patient care in hospital emergency departments;

providing requirements for the collection and publication of the hospitals’ assessment scores;

SubsectionSubsections (5) isand (6) are added to section 395.1012, Florida Statutes, to read:

395.1012 Patient safety.— (5)(a)Page Each1 hospitalof with5 anCODING: emergency department must:

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Develop and implement policies and procedures for pediatric patient care in the emergency department which reflect Page 1 of 4 CODING:

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Develop and implement policies and procedures for pediatric patient care in the emergency department which reflect evidence-based best practices relating to, at a minimum:

EachPage hospital2 emergency department shall submit the results of the5 assessmentCODING: to the agency by December 31, 2026, and each December 31 during a year in which the National Pediatric Readiness Assessment is conducted thereafter.

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Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 1602 31-01059A-25588-03191-25 20251602__20251602c1 Section(6) 2.Each hospital with an emergency department may conduct the National Pediatric Readiness Project’s Open Assessment during a year in which the National Pediatric Readiness Assessment is not conducted.

SubsectionsSection (4)2. through (19) of section 395.1055, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (5) through (20), respectively, paragraph (c) of subsection (1) is amended, and a new subsection (4) is added to that section to read:

Present subsections (4) through (19) of section 395.1055, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (5) through (20), respectively, a new subsection (4) is added to that section, and paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of that section is amended, to read:

the Department of Elderly Affairs, the Department of Health,Page the3 Agency for Health Care Administration, and the Division of Emergency5 Management.CODING:

Also, appropriate volunteer organizations must be given the opportunity to review the plan.

The local emergency management agency shall complete its review Page 3 of 4 CODING:

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Also, appropriate volunteer organizations must be given the opportunity to review the plan.

The local emergency management agency shall complete its review within 60 days and either approve the plan or advise the facility of necessary revisions.

Collect the resultsoverall assessment score of National Pediatric Readiness Assessments submittedconducted by hospitalshospital emergency departments pursuant to s.

395.1012(5).395.1012(5), from the Florida Emergency Medical Services for Children State Partnership Program by December 31, 2026, and by each December 31 during a year in which the National Pediatric Readiness Assessment is conducted thereafter.

By April 1, 2027, and each April 1 following a year in which the National Pediatric Readiness Assessment is conducted thereafter,Page publish4 theof overall5 assessmentCODING: score for each hospital emergency department, and provide a comparison to the national average score when it becomes available.

Words stricken are deletions;

words underlined are additions.

Florida Senate - 2025 CS for SB 1602 588-03191-25 20251602c1 thereafter, publish the overall assessment score for each hospital emergency department, and provide a comparison to the national average score when it becomes available.

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Collect and publish no more than one overall assessment score per hospital, per year, of assessments conducted pursuant to s.

395.1012(6), and provide a comparison to the hospital emergency department’s most recently published score pursuant to subparagraph 2.

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