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Florida House Bill H0131

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1010 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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15-An act relating to Florida Is For Veterans, Inc.; 2
16-amending s. 295.21, F.S.; requiring Florida Is For 3
17-Veterans, Inc., to assist certain veterans with 4
18-accessing training, education, and employment in 5
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24-section 295.21, Florida Statut es, are redesignated as paragraphs 11
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27- 295.21 Florida Is For Veterans, Inc. — 14
28- (3) DUTIES.—The corporation shall: 15
29- (c) Assist veterans who have armed services health care 16
30-training, including, but not limited to, training as a medic in 17
31-the United States Army, a medical technician in the United 18
32-States Air Force, a hospital corpsman in the United States Navy, 19
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36- Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 23
15+An act relating to the Military Medics and Corpsmen of 2
16+Florida program; creating s. 295.126, F.S.; providing 3
17+definitions; requiring the Department of Veterans' 4
18+Affairs and the Department of Health to establish and 5
19+administer the program; providing program purposes; 6
20+providing for eligibility; providing program 7
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28+ Section 1. Section 295.126, Florida Statutes, is created 15
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30+ 295.126 Military Medics and Corpsmen of Florida ( MMACOF) 17
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32+ (1) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term: 19
33+ (a) "Medically trained veteran" means a person who has 20
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36+Force, or a hospital corpsman in the United States Navy or the 23
37+United States Coast Guard who was discharged or separated from 24
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58+physician or osteopathic physician; 33
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60+ 5. A commercial enterprise having medical facilities for 35
61+its employees which are supervised by one or more licensed 36
62+physicians or osteopathic physicians; or 37
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66+ (c) "Veteran" means a veteran as defined in s. 1.01(14) or 41
67+a former member of the Florida National Guard. 42
68+ (2) PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES. —The Department of 43
69+Veterans' Affairs, in collaboration with the Department of 44
70+Health, shall establish and administer the Military Medics and 45
71+Corpsmen of Florida (MMACOF) program. The purpose of the program 46
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73+pathways to veterans seeking health care careers within this 48
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90+associations and state health care systems, the Department of 53
91+Veterans' Affairs shall refer eligible veterans to participating 54
92+health care providers througho ut this state in order to gain 55
93+employment, maintain medical skills, address the shortage of 56
94+health care professionals in this state, and work toward 57
95+obtaining appropriate health care registration, certification, 58
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97+ (3) ELIGIBILITY.—The Department of Veterans' Affairs, in 60
98+collaboration with the Department of Health, shall establish 61
99+general eligibility requirements for veterans to participate in 62
100+the MMACOF program. Eligibility requirements for medically 63
101+trained veterans shall include a required s cope of specific 64
102+health care practice skills. 65
103+ (4) PROGRAM COMPONENTS. —The MMACOF program shall consist 66
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105+ (a) MMACOF Qualified. —Through the MMACOF program, 68
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109+preceding 12 months may continue practicing those skills in a 72
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126+definition of the term "medially trained veteran" but who have 77
127+served in health care -related specialties shall receive 78
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131+ (c) Health Care Leadership. —The MMACOF program shall 82
132+assist veterans who, in the course of their military service, 83
133+gained management experience or completed advanced degrees in 84
134+finding civilian health care leadership and management 85
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136+ (5) ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY MEDICALLY TRAINED VETERANS. — 87
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168+veteran shall reflect his or her leve l of training and 107
169+experience. The supervising physician or registered nurse, as 108
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