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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2202

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11  Senator Laurent moved the following substitute for amendment

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 9, between lines 20 and 21,

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18         Section 8.  In order to implement Specific

19  Appropriation 217 of the 2000-2001 General Appropriations Act,

20  paragraph (c) is added to subsection (5) of section 409.905,

21  Florida Statutes, to read:

22         409.905  Mandatory Medicaid services.--The agency may

23  make payments for the following services, which are required

24  of the state by Title XIX of the Social Security Act,

25  furnished by Medicaid providers to recipients who are

26  determined to be eligible on the dates on which the services

27  were provided.  Any service under this section shall be

28  provided only when medically necessary and in accordance with

29  state and federal law. Nothing in this section shall be

30  construed to prevent or limit the agency from adjusting fees,

31  reimbursement rates, lengths of stay, number of visits, number

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 1  of services, or any other adjustments necessary to comply with

 2  the availability of moneys and any limitations or directions

 3  provided for in the General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.

 4         (5)  HOSPITAL INPATIENT SERVICES.--The agency shall pay

 5  for all covered services provided for the medical care and

 6  treatment of a recipient who is admitted as an inpatient by a

 7  licensed physician or dentist to a hospital licensed under

 8  part I of chapter 395.  However, the agency shall limit the

 9  payment for inpatient hospital services for a Medicaid

10  recipient 21 years of age or older to 45 days or the number of

11  days necessary to comply with the General Appropriations Act.

12         (c)  The Agency for Health Care Administration shall

13  adjust a hospital's inpatient per diem rate to reflect the

14  cost of serving the Medicaid population at that institution

15  if:

16         1.  There is a change in the mix of patient services,

17  primarily resulting from the effects of a natural disaster

18  occurring after July 1, 2000, which has caused the hospital's

19  average annual Medicaid per-patient cost to increase by more

20  than 25 percent; or

21         2.  The hospital experiences an increase in Medicaid

22  caseload by more than 20 percent, primarily resulting from the

23  closure of a hospital in the same service area occurring after

24  July 1, 1995, which has caused the hospital's average annual

25  Medicaid per-patient cost to increase by more than 25 percent.

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27  The agency must include the estimated costs for any adjustment

28  in a hospital inpatient per diem pursuant to this paragraph in

29  the estimates it provides to the Social Services Estimating

30  Conference for inclusion in the total estimates for the

31  Medicaid program. Before the agency implements a change in a

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 1  hospital's inpatient per diem rate pursuant to this paragraph,

 2  the Legislature must have specifically appropriated sufficient

 3  funds in the General Appropriations Act to support the

 4  increase in cost as estimated by the Social Services

 5  Estimating Conference. This subsection expires July 1, 2001.

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11  And the title is amended as follows:

12         On page 1, line 25, following the semicolon

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15         amending s. 409.905, F.S.; prescribing

16         conditions upon which an adjustment in a

17         hospital's inpatient per diem rate may be

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