395.40 Legislative findings and intent.— (1) The Legislature finds that there has been a lack of timely access to trauma care due to the state’s fragmented trauma system. This finding is based on the 1999 Trauma System Report on Timely Access to Trauma Care submitted by the department in response to the request of the Legislature. (2) The […]
395.4001 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term: (1) “Agency” means the Agency for Health Care Administration. (2) “Charity care” or “uncompensated trauma care” means that portion of hospital charges reported to the agency for which there is no compensation, other than restricted or unrestricted revenues provided to a hospital by local governments or tax districts regardless of […]
395.401 Trauma services system plans; approval of trauma centers and pediatric trauma centers; procedures; renewal.— (1)(a) The local and regional trauma agencies shall plan, implement, and evaluate trauma services systems, in accordance with this section and ss. 395.4015, 395.404, and 395.4045, which consist of organized patterns of readiness and response services based on public and private agreements […]
395.4015 State regional trauma planning; trauma regions.— (1) The department shall establish a state trauma system plan. As part of the state trauma system plan, the department shall establish trauma regions that cover all geographical areas of the state and have boundaries that are coterminous with the boundaries of the regional domestic security task forces established under […]
1395.402 Trauma service areas; number and location of trauma centers.— (1) The Legislature recognizes the need for a statewide, cohesive, uniform, and integrated trauma system, as well as the need to ensure the viability of existing trauma centers when designating new trauma centers. Consistent with national standards, future trauma center designations must be based on need as […]
1395.4025 Trauma centers; selection; quality assurance; records.— (1) For purposes of developing a system of trauma centers, the department shall use the 18 trauma service areas established in s. 395.402. The department shall designate those hospitals that are to be recognized as trauma centers. (2)(a) The department shall prepare an analysis of the Florida trauma system by August […]
1395.403 Reimbursement of trauma centers.— (1) All verified trauma centers shall be considered eligible to receive state funding when state funds are specifically appropriated for state-sponsored trauma centers in the General Appropriations Act. Effective July 1, 2010, the department shall make payments from the Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund under s. 20.435 to the trauma centers. Payments […]
395.4036 Trauma payments.— 1(1) Recognizing the Legislature’s stated intent to provide financial support to the current verified trauma centers and to provide incentives for the establishment of additional trauma centers as part of a system of state-sponsored trauma centers, the department shall utilize funds collected under s. 318.18 and deposited into the Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund […]
1395.404 Reporting of trauma data; report to National Trauma Data Bank.— (1) Each trauma center shall participate in the National Trauma Data Bank, and the department shall solely use the National Trauma Data Bank for quality and assessment purposes. (2) Each trauma center and acute care hospital shall report to the department all transfers of trauma patients and […]
395.4045 Emergency medical service providers; trauma transport protocols; transport of trauma alert victims to trauma centers; interfacility transfer.— (1) Each emergency medical services provider licensed under chapter 401 shall transport trauma alert victims to hospitals approved as trauma centers, except as may be provided for either in the department-approved trauma transport protocol of the trauma agency for […]
395.405 Rulemaking.—The department shall adopt and enforce all rules necessary to administer ss. 395.401, 395.4015, 395.402, 395.4025, 395.403, 395.404, and 395.4045. History.—s. 7, ch. 89-275; s. 17, ch. 89-283; s. 2, ch. 90-187; s. 1, ch. 90-192; s. 8, ch. 90-284; ss. 43, 98, ch. 92-289; s. 6, ch. 2000-189; s. 36, ch. 2009-223. Note.—Former s. […]
395.50 Quality assurance activities of trauma agencies.— (1) As used in this section, the term “entity” means a local trauma agency or a regional trauma agency that performs quality assurance activities, or a panel or committee assembled to assist a local trauma agency or a regional trauma agency in performing quality assurance activities in accordance with a […]
395.51 Confidentiality and quality assurance activities of trauma agencies.— (1) All information which is confidential by operation of law and which is obtained by a local or regional trauma agency or a panel or committee assembled by a local or regional trauma agency pursuant to s. 395.50, shall retain its confidential status and be exempt from the […]
