Fla. Stat. § 381.83. Trade secrets; confidentiality: Public Health: General Provisions – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1995
States that information collected by the Department of Public Health must be available to the public unless it contains trade secrets.
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Fla. Stat. § 381.931. Annual report on Medicaid expenditures: Public Health: General Provisions – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2001
If Medicaid expenditures are projected to exceed the amount appropriated by the Legislature, the Department of Health shall limit the number of screenings to ensure Medicaid expenditures do not exceed the amount appropriated.
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Fla. Stat. § 395.1041. Access to emergency services and care: Hospitals and Other Licensed Facilities – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1988
he agency shall establish and maintain an inventory of hospitals with emergency services. The inventory shall list all services within the service capability of the hospital, and such services shall appear on the face of …
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Fla. Stat. § 395.107. Facilities; publishing and posting schedule of charges; penalties: Hospitals and Other Licensed Facilities – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2011
Provides a facility must publish and post a schedule of charges for the medical services offered to patients. The schedule of charges must describe the medical services in language comprehensible to a layperson. The schedule …
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Fla. Stat. § 395.301. Price transparency; itemized patient statement or bill; patient admission status notification:Hospitals and Other Licensed Facilities – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1982
A facility licensed under this chapter shall provide timely and accurate financial information and quality of service measures to patients and prospective patients of the facility, or to patients’ survivors or legal guardians, as appropriate. …
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Fla. Stat. § 395.3035. Confidentiality of hospital records and meetings: Hospitals and Other Licensed Facilities – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1991
Exempts hospitals from including certain information in the public record, including trade secrets and some documents that resulted from negotiations for payment of services.
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Fla. Stat. § 400.071. Application for license: Nursing Homes – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1969
States that certification of need applications wil preference applications of a licensee who has been awarded a Gold Seal as provided for in s. 400.235, if the applicant otherwise meets the review criteria specified in …
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Fla. Stat. § 400.235. Nursing home quality and licensure status; Gold Seal Program: nursing Homes – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1999
Expresses the legislative intent to develop an award and recognition program for nursing facilities that demonstrate excellence in long-term care over a sustained period. This program shall be known as the Gold Seal Program. These …
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Fla. Stat. § 400.606. License; application; renewal; conditional license or permit; certificate of need: Hospices – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1979
In addition to the requirements of part II of chapter 408, the initial application and change of ownership application must be accompanied by a plan for the delivery of home, residential, and homelike inpatient hospice …
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Fla. Stat. § 400.9935. Clinic Responsibilities: Health Care Clinic Act – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2003
Requires a clinic medical director to ensure the clinic publishes a schedule of charges for medical services offered to patients.
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Fla. Stat. § 408.041. Certificate of need required; penalties: Health Facility and Services Planning – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1987
States that a certificate of need is required to undertake a project subject to review under the Health Facility and Services Development Act.
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Fla. Stat. § 408.05. Florida Center for Health Information and Transparency: Health Facility and Services Planning – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1988
Establishes a Florida Center for Health Information and Transparency to collect, compile, coordinate, analyze, index, and disseminate health-related data and statistics, including those related to health care prices and costs. Implements a long-range plan for …
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Fla. Stat. § 408.0511. Exemption from antitrust laws for persons or entities required to submit, receive, or publish data under ch. 2016-234: Health Facility and Services Planning – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2016
This act is intended to promote health care price and quality transparency to enable consumers to make informed choices regarding health care treatment and improve competition in the health care market. Persons or entities required …
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Fla. Stat. § 408.061. Data collection; uniform systems of financial reporting; information relating to physician charges; confidential information; immunity: Health Facility and Services Planning – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1992
The agency shall require the submission by health care facilities, health care providers, and health insurers of data necessary to carry out the agency’s duties and to facilitate transparency in health care pricing data and …
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Fla. Stat. § 408.062. Research, analyses, studies, and reports: Health Facility and Services Planning – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1992
The agency shall conduct research, analyses, and studies relating to health care costs and access to and quality of health care services as access and quality are affected by changes in health care costs.
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Fla. Stat. § 408.063. Dissemination of health care information: Health Facility and Service Planning – Florida
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1992
The agency, relying on data collected pursuant to this chapter, shall establish a reliable, timely, and consistent information system that distributes information and serves as the basis for the agency’s public education programs. shall publish …
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