995014                                                     
Florida Senate - 2015                                Committee       Amendment
SPB2500                                                 AHS              7


The Committee on Appropriations (Garcia) recommended the following 
amendment:

Section: 03              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 050             Technical amendment to correct  proviso related to 
                         Graduate Medical Education.
Spec App:  200

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                               Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                     DELETE         INSERT

        AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
        Program: Health Care Services
        Medicaid Services To Individuals  68501400

        In Section 03  On Page 050
200     Special Categories  101581
        Graduate Medical Education  IOEE

DELETE the proviso immediately following Specific Appropriation 200:

From  the  funds  in  Specific  Appropriation  200,  $500,000  from  the
General  Revenue  Fund and $766,143 from the Medical Care Trust Fund are
provided  to  hospitals  that  participate  in  the  Statewide  Medicaid
Residency  Program  for  a  graduate  medical  education  startup  bonus
designed   to   expand  the  number  of  residency  slots  to  physician
specialties  that  are in statewide supply shortage. Funds allocated for
the  startup  bonus program under section 409.909, Florida Statutes, are
provided  for  the  following  physician specialties and subspecialties,
both  adult  and pediatric, that are in statewide supply/demand deficit:
allergy or immunology; anesthesiology; cardiology; endocrinology; family
medicine;  general  surgery;  hematology; oncology; infectious diseases;
neurological  surgery;  neurology; obstetrics/gynecology; ophthalmology;
orthopedic  surgery;  otolaryngology;  psychiatry; pulmonary; radiology;
rheumatology;  thoracic  surgery;  and urology. Of these specialties and
subspecialties,   cardiology,   endocrinology,   hematology,  infectious
diseases,  pulmonary,  and  rheumatology  shall be secondary specialties
within internal medicine for purposes of the startup bonus program.

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AND INSERT:

From  the  funds  in  Specific  Appropriation  200,  $500,000  from  the
General  Revenue  Fund and $766,143 from the Medical Care Trust Fund are
provided  to  hospitals  that  participate  in  the  Statewide  Medicaid
Residency  Program  for  a  graduate  medical  education  startup  bonus
designed   to   expand  the  number  of  residency  slots  to  physician
specialties  that  are in statewide supply shortage. Funds allocated for
the  startup  bonus program under section 409.909, Florida Statutes, are
provided  for  the  following  physician specialties and subspecialties,
both  adult  and pediatric, that are in statewide supply/demand deficit:
allergy or immunology; anesthesiology; cardiology; endocrinology; family
medicine;  general  surgery;  hematology; oncology; infectious diseases; 
nephrology; neurology; obstetrics/gynecology; ophthalmology;
orthopedic  surgery;  otolaryngology; psychiatry; pulmonary; radiology;
rheumatology; thoracic  surgery; and urology. 


































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