Florida SB 1156: Ambulatory Surgical Centers

Bill Text

1156 
Ambulatory Surgical Centers 
2026-01-06T04:09:30Z 
Specifying requirements for issuance, denial, suspension, and revocation of ambulatory surgical center licenses; requiring each licensed facility to maintain and provide upon request records of all inspection reports pertaining to that facility; prohibiting any person from paying or receiving a commission, bonus, kickback, or rebate or engaging in any split-fee arrangement for referring a patient to a licensed facility; prohibiting a licensed facility from denying, for a specified reason, the applications of certain licensed health care practitioners for staff membership and clinical privileges; requiring licensed facilities to provide for peer review of certain physicians and develop procedures to conduct such reviews, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
S 
2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
GB 
General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 1156 

 By Senator Trumbull 

 2-00459B-26 20261156__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to ambulatory surgical centers; 
 3 creating ch. 396, F.S., to be entitled “Ambulatory 
 4 Surgical Centers”; creating s. 396.201, F.S.; 
 5 providing legislative intent; creating s. 396.202, 
 6 F.S.; defining terms; creating s. 396.203, F.S.; 
 7 specifying requirements for issuance, denial, 
 8 suspension, and revocation of ambulatory surgical 
 9 center licenses; creating s. 396.204, F.S.; providing 
 10 for application fees; creating s. 396.205, F.S.; 
 11 providing for minimum standards for specified clinical 
 12 and diagnostic results as a condition for issuance or 
 13 renewal of a license; creating s. 396.206, F.S.; 
 14 requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to 
 15 make or cause to be made specified inspections of 
 16 licensed facilities; requiring the agency to accept 
 17 surveys or inspections from certain accrediting 
 18 organizations in lieu of its own periodic inspections, 
 19 provided certain conditions are met; requiring the 
 20 agency to develop and adopt by rule certain criteria; 
 21 requiring an applicant or a licensee to pay certain 
 22 fees at the time of inspection; requiring the agency 
 23 to coordinate periodic inspections to minimize costs 
 24 and disruption of services; creating s. 396.207, F.S.; 
 25 requiring each licensed facility to maintain and 
 26 provide upon request records of all inspection reports 
 27 pertaining to that facility; providing that such 
 28 reports be retained for a specified timeframe; 
 29 prohibiting the distribution of specified records; 
 30 requiring a licensed facility to provide a copy of its 
 31 most recent inspection report to certain parties upon 
 32 request; authorizing licensed facilities to charge for 
 33 such copies; creating s. 396.208, F.S.; providing that 
 34 specified provisions govern the design, construction, 
 35 erection, alteration, modification, repair, and 
 36 demolition of licensed facilities; requiring the 
 37 agency to review facility plans and survey the 
 38 construction of licensed facilities; requiring 
 39 licensed facilities to submit plans and specifications 
 40 to the agency for review; requiring the agency to make 
 41 or cause to be made certain inspections or 
 42 investigations as it deems necessary; authorizing the 
 43 agency to adopt certain rules; requiring the agency to 
 44 approve or disapprove facility plans and 
 45 specifications within a specified timeframe; providing 
 46 an extension under certain circumstances; deeming a 
 47 facility plan or specification approved if the agency 
 48 fails to act within the specified timeframe; requiring 
 49 the agency to set forth in writing its reasons for any 
 50 disapprovals; authorizing the agency to charge and 
 51 collect specified fees and costs; creating s. 396.209, 
 52 F.S.; prohibiting any person from paying or receiving 
 53 a commission, bonus, kickback, or rebate or engaging 
 54 in any split-fee arrangement for referring a patient 
 55 to a licensed facility; requiring agency enforcement; 
 56 providing administrative penalties; creating s. 
 57 396.211, F.S.; prohibiting a licensed facility from 
 58 denying, for a specified reason, the applications of 
 59 certain licensed health care practitioners for staff 
 60 membership and clinical privileges; requiring a 
 61 licensed facility to establish rules and procedures 
 62 for consideration of such applications; providing for 
 63 the termination of clinical privileges for physician 
 64 assistants under certain circumstances; authorizing 
 65 certain advanced practice registered nurses to 
 66 administer anesthesia subject to certain conditions; 
 67 requiring the presence of a circulating nurse in the 
 68 operating room for the duration of surgical 
 69 procedures; requiring a licensed facility to make 
 70 available specified membership or privileges to 
 71 certain physicians under certain circumstances; 
 72 providing construction; requiring the governing board 
 73 of a licensed facili