SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2360

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Thomas moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment 

14         On page 40, line 25, through page 41, line 8, delete

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18         Section 13.  Task Force on Home Health Services

19  Licensure Provisions.--There is created a task force composed

20  of representatives of the Agency for Health Care

21  Administration, the Department of Elderly Affairs, the

22  Department of Health, Private Care Association of Florida, and

23  Associated Home Health Industries and a representative of the

24  homemaker companion services industry  to review the

25  provisions of part IV of chapter 400, Florida Statutes, and

26  recommend additional legislative revisions to that part. The

27  review must encompass, at a minimum, the following issues:

28  adult abuse registry screening; exemptions for individuals who

29  provide home health services; registration for organizations

30  that provide companion and homemaker services; and adjustments

31  in the fee schedule for Medicaid home health services. The

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2360

    Amendment No.    





 1  task force shall submit a report must be submitted to the

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