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for any act or proceeding undertaken or Ch. 2018-24 LAWS OF FLORIDA Ch. 2018-24 19 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. performed within the scope of the functions of such internal risk management program if the risk manager acts without intentional fraud. (17) A privilege against civil liability is hereby granted to any licensed risk manager or licensed facility with regard to information furnished pursuant to this chapter, unless the licensed risk manager or facility acted in bad faith or with malice in providing such information. Section 31. Section 395.1046, Florida Statutes, is repealed. Section 32. Present subsection (10) of section 395.1055, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (12), subsections (2), (3), and (9) of that section are amended, paragraph (i) is added to subsection (1) of that section, and a new subsection (10) and subsection (11) are added to that section, to read: 395.1055 Rules and enforcement.— (1) The agency shall adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this part, which shall include reasonable and fair minimum standards for ensuring that: (i) All hospitals providing organ transplantation, neonatal intensive care services, inpatient psychiatric services, inpatient substance abuse services, or comprehensive medical rehabilitation meet the minimum licensure requirements adopted by the agency. Such licensure requirements must include quality of care, nurse staffing, physician staffing, physical plant, equipment, emergency transportation, and data reporting standards. (2) Separate standards may be provided for general and specialty hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, mobile surgical facilities, and statutory rural hospitals as defined in s. 395.602. (3) The agency shall adopt rules with respect to the care and treatment of patients residing in distinct part nursing units of hospitals which are certified for participation in Title XVIII (Medicare) and Title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act skilled nursing facility program. Such rules shall take into account the types of patients treated in hospital skilled nursing units, including typical patient acuity levels and the average length of stay in such units, and shall be limited to the appropriate portions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (Pub. L. No. 100-203) (December 22, 1987), Title IV (Medicare, Medicaid, and Other Health-Related Programs), Subtitle C (Nursing Home Reform), as amended. The agency shall require level 2 background screening as specified in s. 408.809(1)(e) pursuant to s. 408.809 and chapter 435 for personnel of distinct part nursing units. (9) The agency shall establish a technical advisory panel, pursuant to s. 20.052, to develop procedures and standards for measuring outcomes of pediatric cardiac catheterization programs and pediatric cardiovascular open-heart surgery programs. Ch. 2018-24 LAWS OF FLORIDA Ch. 2018-24 20 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. (a) Members of the panel must have technical expertise in pediatric cardiac medicine, shall serve without compensation, and may not be reimbursed for per diem and travel expenses. be composed (b) Voting members of the panel shall include: 3 at-large members, including 1 cardiologist who is board certified in caring for adults with congenital heart disease and 2 board-certified pediatric cardiologists, neither of whom may be employed by any of the hospitals specified in subparagraphs 1.-10. or their affiliates, each of whom is appointed by the Secretary of Health Care Administration, and 10 members, and an alternate for each member, each of whom is a pediatric cardiologist or a pediatric cardiovascular surgeon, each appointed by the chief executive officer of one of the following hospitals: 1. Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg. 2. Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando. 3. Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood. 4. Nicklaus Children’s Hospital in Miami. 5. St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Tampa. 6. University of Florida Health Shands Hospital in Gainesville. 7. University of Miami Holtz Children’s Hospital in Miami. 8. Wolfson Children’s Hospital in Jacksonville. 9. Florida