Title: Memory Disorder Clinics

Summary: Establishing a memory disorder clinic at Florida Hospital in Orange County, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to memory disorder clinics; amending s. 430.502, F.S.; establishing a memory disorder clinic at Florida Hospital in Orange County; reenacting s. 1004.445(3), F.S., relating to providing assistance to memory disorder clinics, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 430.502, F.S., in a reference thereto; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 430.502, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (2) is republished, to read: 430.502 Alzheimer s disease; memory disorder clinics and day care and respite care programs.  (1) There is established: (a) A memory disorder clinic at each of the three medical schools in this state; (b) A memory disorder clinic at a major private nonprofit research-oriented teaching hospital, and may fund a memory disorder clinic at any of the other affiliated teaching hospitals; (c) A memory disorder clinic at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville; (d) A memory disorder clinic at the West Florida Regional Medical Center; (e) A memory disorder clinic operated by Health First in Brevard County; (f) A memory disorder clinic at the Orlando Regional Healthcare System, Inc.; (g) A memory disorder center located in a public hospital that is operated by an independent special hospital taxing district that governs multiple hospitals and is located in a county with a population greater than 800,000 persons; (h) A memory disorder clinic at St. Mary s Medical Center in Palm Beach County; (i) A memory disorder clinic at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare; (j) A memory disorder clinic at Lee Memorial Hospital created by chapter 63-1552, Laws of Florida, as amended; (k) A memory disorder clinic at Sarasota Memorial Hospital in Sarasota County; (l) A memory disorder clinic at Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater, in Pinellas County; and (m) A memory disorder clinic at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, in Palm Beach County;and (n)   A memory disorder clinic at Florida Hospital in Orange County,for the purpose of conducting research and training in a diagnostic and therapeutic setting for persons suffering from Alzheimer s disease and related memory disorders. However, memory disorder clinics funded as of June 30, 1995, shall not receive decreased funding due solely to subsequent additions of memory disorder clinics in this subsection. (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that research conducted by a memory disorder clinic and supported by state funds pursuant to subsection (1) be applied research, be service-related, and be selected in conjunction with the department. Such research may address, but is not limited to, diagnostic technique, therapeutic interventions, and supportive services for persons suffering from Alzheimer s disease and related memory disorders and their caregivers. A memory disorder clinic shall conduct such research in accordance with a research plan developed by the clinic which establishes research objectives that are in accordance with this legislative intent. A memory disorder clinic shall also complete and submit to the department a report of the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of completed research. This subsection does not apply to those memory disorder clinics at the three medical schools in the state or at the major private nonprofit research oriented teaching hospital or other affiliated teaching hospital. Section 2. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment made by this act to section 430.502, Florida Statutes, in a reference thereto, subsection (3) of section 1004.445, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read: 1004.445 Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer s Center and Research Institute.  (3) BUDGET. The institute s budget shall include the moneys appropriated in the General Appropriations Act, donated, or otherwise provided to the institute from private, local, state, and federal sources, as well as technical and professional income generated or derived from practice activities at the institute. Any appropriation to the institute shall be expended for the purposes specified in this section, including conducting and supporting research and related clinical services, awarding institutional grants and investigator-initiated research grants to other persons within the state through a peer-reviewed competitive process, developing and operating integrated data projects, providing assistance to the memory disorder clinics established in s. 430.502, and providing for the operation of the institute. Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.