Florida 2025 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1253 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to activities of special districts; 2
16	16	amending s. 189.081, F.S.; authorizing certain special 3
17	17	districts to jointly enter into, participate in, 4
18	18	establish, or control specified joint relationships or 5
19	19	collaborations if a certain determination is made by 6
20	20	such districts; authorizing such districts to exercise 7
21	21	such powers regardless of certain consequences as a 8
22	22	result of exercising such power; providin g 9
23	23	construction; providing legislative findings and 10
24	24	declarations; providing an effective date. 11
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26	26	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13
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28	28	Section 1. Subsection (7) is added to section 189.081, 15
29	29	Florida Statutes to read: 16
30	30	189.081 Activities of special districts; local government 17
31	31	comprehensive planning. — 18
32	32	(7) To the extent authorized by the State Constitution, 19
33	33	two or more special districts that operate as hospital districts 20
34	34	may jointly enter into, participate in, establish, and contro l 21
35	35	any venture, partnership, corporation, business entity, 22
36	36	organization, joint operating network, service line, facility, 23
37	37	or any other joint relationship or collaboration, public or 24
38	38	private, for profit or not for profit, anywhere within the 25
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51	51	boundaries of either or all such special districts, if the 26
52	52	governing bodies of such districts, in their discretion, 27
53	53	determine that it is consistent with, and in furtherance of, the 28
54	54	purposes and best interests of such districts. Such districts 29
55	55	may exercise such powers, reg ardless of the competitive 30
56	56	consequences thereof, including any actions that may be deemed 31
57	57	anticompetitive within the meaning of state and federal 32
58	58	antitrust laws. The provisions in this subsection shall control 33
59	59	over and supersede any general or special law that is 34
60	60	inconsistent or in conflict with this subsection. 35
61	61	Section 2. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that 36
62	62	it is a public necessity and serves a public purpose for special 37
63	63	districts that operate as hospital districts to be able to 38
64	64	jointly enter into, participate in, establish, or control any 39
65	65	ventures, partnerships, corporations, business entities, 40
66	66	organizations, joint operating networks, service lines, 41
67	67	facilities, or any other joint relationships or collaborations, 42
68	68	public or private, for profit or not for profit, regardless of 43
69	69	their anticompetitive purpose or effect, to ensure the provision 44
70	70	of quality health care to the residents of such districts, and 45
71	71	the Legislature accordingly finds and declares such 46
72	72	collaborations to be vitally important and necessary for the 47
73	73	preservation of the public health and welfare of such districts 48
74	74	and the residents thereof. 49
75	75	Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 50