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995097                                                     
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  HHS              23


Senator(s): Hill
moved the following amendment:

Section: 03              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 054             Provides $41 million in general revenue and $59 million
                         in trust to restore nursing home reimbursement rate
Spec App:  231A          increases.  This amendment uses general revenue funds
                         not currently appropriated in the General
                         Appropriations Act which will become available if the
                         2003 changes to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code related
                         to bonus depreciation are not adopted for purposes of
                         the Florida corporate income tax this session. 
                         

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -          100,032,794            41,113,478           58,919,316 
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 Long Term Care  68501500

        In Section 03  On Page 054
231A    Special Categories  101650
        Long Term Care Services  IOEE

   1000   From General Revenue Fund            1,029,183,775  1,070,297,253
       CA 41,113,478  FSI2 41,113,478  
   2474   From Medical Care Trust Fund         1,514,575,798  1,573,495,114
       CA 58,919,316  FSI3 58,919,316  

Following Specific Appropriation 231A, delete the first full paragraph 
of proviso on page 56:

Funds  in  Specific  Appropriation  231A are reduced by $41,113,478 from
the  General  Revenue  Fund  and $58,919,316 from the Medical Care Trust
Fund  as  a  result of a 7.5 percent reduction to nursing home per diem,
excluding direct care, effective July 1, 2004.
Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process. However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.
995097 Log:0015 EDP/LFB 03/31/04 02:16:06 PM Senate Page: 1