January 19, 2016
Dear Senator:
On behalf of more than 160,000 Americans for Prosperity-Florida activists, I urge
you to support S.B. 212, relating to recovery care services, when it is voted on today
in the Health Policy Committee. This vote will be recorded in our 2016 session
legislative scorecard.
S.B. 212, sponsored by Senator Gaetz, would allow patients to stay overnight at
ambulatory surgical centers. This is a measure that will decrease the costs of
elective, non-invasive surgeries, while also improving patient outcomes.
Ambulatory surgical centers are already regulated by state law, and are required to
maintain a service agreement with a nearby hospital in the event of an emergency.
This bill would change none of these safeguards. However, it will provide physicians
additional flexibility in making the best decisions for the health of their patients, and
will expand the types of surgeries it is possible to do at these facilities, which are
lower cost and experience lower infection rates than the same procedures at
traditional hospitals.
It is for these reasons that I ask for your favorable support of S.B. 212.
Sincerely,
Skylar Zander
Deputy State Director for Florida
Americans for Prosperity
Cc: Senate President Andy Gardiner
Senator Don Gaetz
P.O. Box 185 | Tallahassee, FL 32302 | AFPFlorida.com