995144
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  HHS              180


Senator(s): Saunders, Gutman, and Sullivan
moved the following amendment:





Section: 03EXPLANATION:



On Page: 086             Funds the agency request and Governor's Recommendation



to increase the Medicaid fees for specialist



Spec App:  259           physicians, beginning January 1, 2000 to compensate for



appropriation reductions over the last ten years.  The



funding source would be Medicaid savings through



recoupment of fraud and abuse claims and third party



liability.

















NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -           15,562,165                     0           15,562,165 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                                  Positions & Amounts   Positions & Amounts
                                                      DELETE         INSERT

        BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, 
        DEPARTMENT OF: AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE 
        ADMINISTRATION
        Medicaid Services

        In Section 03  On Page 086
259     Special Categories
        Physician Services

        In Section 03  On Page 087

          From Medical Care Trust Fund           219,008,915    227,795,313
          From Grants And Donations Trust                         6,775,767
          Fund

        At the end of existing proviso language, following 
        Specific Appropriation 259, INSERT:

        Of the funds in Specific Appropriaption 259,
        $6,775,767 from the Grants and Donations Trust Fund
        and $8,786,398 from the Medical Care Trust Fund are
        provided to increase specialists physician medicaid
        fees beginning January 1, 2000.  The portion of
        these funds necessary to reimburse physicians

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        through prepaid health plans may be transferred to
        Specific appropriation 260 as needed in accorance
        with a provision of Chapter 216, Florida Statutes.


Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process.  However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement
within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.

















































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