HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2329

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Sanderson and Hafner offered the following:

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13         Amendment to Amendment (773289) 

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15  remove from the amendment:  all of said lines

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18  access to such care. Under the plan, interim rate adjustments

19  shall not be granted to reflect increases in the cost of

20  general or professional liability insurance for nursing homes

21  unless the following criteria are met: have at least a 65

22  percent Medicaid utilization in the the most recent cost

23  report submitted to the agency, and the increase in general or

24  professional liability costs to the facility for the most

25  recent policy period affects the total Medicaid per diem by at

26  least 5 percent. This rate adjustment shall not result in the

27  per diem exceeding the class ceiling. This provision shall

28  apply only to fiscal year 2000-2001 and shall be implemented

29  to the extent existing appropriations are available. The

30  agency shall report to the Governor, the Speaker of the House

31  of Representatives, and the President of the Senate by

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2329

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  December 31, 2000 on the cost of liability insurance for

 2  Florida nursing homes for fiscal years 1999 and 2000 and the

 3  extent to which these costs are not being compensated by the

 4  Medicaid program. Medicaid participating nursing homes shall

 5  be required to report to the agency information necessary to

 6  compile this report. Effective no earlier than

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