Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 162
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/31/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Ring) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 240 - 254
    4  and insert:
    5         (1) Subject to the availability of eligible donations from
    6  public or private entities and funding made available through s.
    7  3014 of the Public Health Service Act, the agency may operate a
    8  certified electronic health record technology loan fund subject
    9  to a specific appropriation as authorized by the General
   10  Appropriations Act or as provided through the provisions of s.
   11  216.181(11)(a) and (b).
   12         (2) The agency shall adopt rules related to standard terms
   13  and conditions for use in the loan program.
   14         Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 409.916, Florida
   15  Statutes, is amended to read:
   16         409.916 Grants and Donations Trust Fund.—
   17         (1) The agency shall deposit any funds received from
   18  pharmaceutical manufacturers and all other funds received by the
   19  agency from any other person as the result of a Medicaid cost
   20  containment strategy, in the nature of a rebate, grant, or other
   21  similar mechanism into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund. The
   22  agency shall deposit any funds received from private donations
   23  for the purpose of funding a certified electronic health record
   24  technology loan fund into the Grants and Donations Trust Fund.
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   26  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   27         And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete lines 23 - 27
   29  and insert:
   30         Care Administration to operate an electronic health
   31         record technology loan fund, subject to a specific
   32         appropriation; requiring the agency to adopt rules
   33         related to standard terms and conditions for the loan
   34         program; amending s. 409.916, F.S.; requiring the
   35         agency to deposit into the Grants and Donations Trust
   36         Fund private donations provided for the purpose of
   37         funding a certified electronic health record
   38         technology loan fund;