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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 564
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11 Senator Grant moved the following amendment:
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17 Section 8. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (2) of
18 section 240.299, Florida Statutes, to read:
19 240.299 Direct-support organizations; use of property;
20 board of directors; audit; facilities.--
21 (2) USE OF PROPERTY.--
22 (d) A university may not transfer public funds or
23 property to a direct-support organization or pledge public
24 funds or property to pay or guarantee the payment of any bonds
25 or other obligations issued by a direct-support organization
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28 Section 9. Subsection (1) of section 240.2995, Florida
29 Statutes, is amended to read:
30 240.2995 University health services support
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1 (1)(a) Each state university is authorized to
2 establish university health services support organizations
3 which shall have the ability to enter into, for the benefit of
4 the university academic health sciences center, arrangements
5 with other entities as providers for accountable health
6 partnerships, as defined in s. 408.701, and providers in other
7 integrated health care systems or similar entities. To the
8 extent required by law or rule, university health services
9 support organizations shall become licensed as insurance
10 companies, pursuant to chapter 624, or be certified as health
11 maintenance organizations, pursuant to chapter 641.
12 University health services support organizations shall have
13 sole responsibility for the acts, debts, liabilities, and
14 obligations of the organization. In no case shall the state
15 or university have any responsibility for such acts, debts,
16 liabilities, and obligations incurred or assumed by university
17 health services support organizations.
18 (b) A university may not transfer public funds or
19 property to a university health services support organization
20 or pledge public funds or property to pay or guarantee the
21 payment of any bonds or other obligations issued by a
22 direct-support organization or by a unit of local government
23 on behalf of a direct-support organization.
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29 And the title is amended as follows:
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2 amending s. 240.299, F.S.; providing
3 restrictions upon the transfer of funds or
4 property to, or pledge of funds or property for
5 the benefit of, a direct-support organization;
6 amending s. 240.2995, F.S.; providing
7 restrictions upon the transfer of funds or
8 property to, or pledge of funds or property for
9 the benefit of, a health services support
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