Florida Senate - 2016                                     SB 526
       
       
        
       By Senator Grimsley
       
       
       
       
       
       21-00570A-16                                           2016526__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to reimbursement of Medicaid
    3         providers; amending s. 409.901, F.S.; defining the
    4         term “usual and customary charge” for purposes of
    5         Medicaid billing; providing applicability; providing
    6         an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Subsection (29) is added to section 409.901,
   11  Florida Statutes, to read:
   12         409.901 Definitions; ss. 409.901-409.920.—As used in ss.
   13  409.901-409.920, except as otherwise specifically provided, the
   14  term:
   15         (29) “Usual and customary charge” means the amount
   16  routinely billed by a provider or supplier to an uninsured
   17  consumer for services or goods before application of any
   18  discount, rebate, or supplemental plan. The term does not
   19  include free or discounted charges for services or goods based
   20  upon a person’s uninsured or indigent status or other financial
   21  hardship.
   22         Section 2. The changes made by this act to s. 409.901,
   23  Florida Statutes, are intended to clarify existing law and are
   24  remedial in nature.
   25         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.