HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1467

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations

12  offered the following:

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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 28, line 1, through page 30, line 5,

16  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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18  and insert in lieu thereof:

19         Section 15.  The Agency for Health Care Administration,

20  in conjunction with the Medicare Fraud Division of the Office

21  of the Attorney General, shall conduct a detailed study and

22  analysis of clinical laboratory services for kidney dialysis

23  patients in the State of Florida. The study shall include, but

24  not be limited to, an analysis of the past and present

25  utilization rates of clinical laboratory services for dialysis

26  patients, financial arrangements among kidney dialysis

27  centers, their medical directors, and any business

28  relationships and affiliations with clinical laboratories, any

29  self referral to clinical laboratories, the quality and

30  responsiveness of clinical laboratory services for dialysis

31  patients in Florida, and the average annual revenue for

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1467

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)





 1  dialysis patients for clinical laboratory services for the

 2  past 10 years. The agency shall report back to the President

 3  of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,

 4  and the chairs of the appropriate substantive committees of

 5  the Legislature on its findings no later than February 1,

 6  2000.

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10  And the title is amended as follows:

11         On page 2, lines 24-26,

12  remove from the title of the bill:  all of said lines

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14  and insert in lieu thereof:

15         requiring the Agency for Health Care

16         Administration, in conjunction with the

17         Medicare Fraud Division of the Office of the

18         Attorney General, to conduct a study and

19         analysis of clinical laboratory services for

20         kidney dialysis patients in this state and

21         requiring a report to specified legislative

22         leaders; amending s.

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