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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2034, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No. ___

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11  Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 66, between lines 22 and 23,

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17         Section 38.  Notwithstanding any provision to the

18  contrary contained in Committee Substitute for House Bill

19  2339, enacted in the 2000 Regular Session of the Legislature,

20  the establishment of a specialty hospital offering a range of

21  medical services restricted to a defined age or gender group

22  of the population or a restricted range of services

23  appropriate to the diagnosis, care, and treatment of patients

24  with specific categories of medical illnesses or disorders,

25  through the transfer of beds and services from an existing

26  hospital in the same county, is not exempt from the provisions

27  of section 408.036(1), Florida Statutes.

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2034, 1st Eng.

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  2  And the title is amended as follows:

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  6         providing that certain specialty hospitals are

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