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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1971

    Amendment No. 02 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Crist offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 17 between lines 29 and 30 of the bill

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16  insert:  (7)  Any fine or civil penalty or recovery of costs

17  imposed by or awarded to the agency under this part may be

18  collected by the agency as a setoff from amounts otherwise

19  payable by the state to the facility under the Florida

20  Medicaid program or any other program by which the agency

21  makes payments to the facility.  The collection method set

22  forth in this subsection shall be supplemental to any other

23  method which the agency may lawfully utilize.

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27  And the title is amended as follows:

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30  after word (penalty;) insert:

31         authorizing payment of facility fines or recovery costs

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1971

    Amendment No. 02 (for drafter's use only)





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