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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                        Bill No. HB 3077, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Goode offered the following:

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13         Amendment to Senate Amendment (060454) (with title

14  amendment) 

15         On page 23, lines 1-16,

16  remove from the amendment:  all of said lines

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18  and insert in lieu thereof:

19         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

20  law and shall operate retroactively to July 1, 1994, except

21  that any action filed prior to March 1, 1998, any appeal of

22  such action, any matter related to such action, any

23  enforcement of the terms of a settlement agreement entered in

24  such action, or any action filed prior to March 1, 1998, in

25  which the parties have agreed to settle and the trial court

26  has approved the settlement agreement, whether or not the time

27  to appeal the approval of such settlement has expired, may

28  proceed under the law as it existed on the date of the filing

29  of such action, except that the amendments to Section

30  409.910(15), Florida Statutes, renumbered as Section

31  409.910(14), Florida Statutes, shall be applicable to such

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                        Bill No. HB 3077, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  action. If any settlement agreement entered in an action filed

 2  prior to March 1, 1998, is overturned, canceled, or

 3  terminated, or is altered in any material manner by subsequent

 4  court order, such action may proceed under the law as it

 5  existed on the date of the filing of such action, except that

 6  the amendments to Section 409.910(15), Florida Statutes,

 7  renumbered as Section 409.910(14), Florida Statutes, shall be

 8  applicable to such action.

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12  And the title is amended as follows:

13  remove from the title of the bill:  everything before the

14  enacting clause

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16  and insert in lieu thereof:

17                      A bill to be entitled

18         An act relating to Medicaid provider fraud;

19         amending s. 409.910, F.S.; limiting the scope

20         of liability for which Medicaid benefits must

21         be repaid; amending s. 624.424, F.S.;

22         conforming a cross-reference; barring certain

23         civil actions; providing for retroactive

24         application; providing an effective date.

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