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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                        Bill No. HB 4119, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Brooks offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 17, between lines 7 and 8,

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17         Section 13.  The Agency for Health Care Administration

18  is directed to appoint a study commission that includes

19  representatives from organizations representing affected

20  health care providers, to study the referral issue and make

21  recommendations regarding the same to the Legislature and the

22  Governor on or before January 1, 1999. The provisions of

23  section 455.654, Florida Statutes, shall be repealed

24  effectively July 1, 1999.

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28  And the title is amended as follows:

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                        Bill No. HB 4119, 1st Eng.

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 1         directing the Agency for Health Care

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