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11  Senator Mitchell moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 17.  Present subsections (3) and (4) of section

18  154.306, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4)

19  and (5), respectively, and a new subsection (3) is added to

20  that section, to read:

21         154.306  Financial responsibility for certified

22  residents who are qualified indigent patients treated at an

23  out-of-county participating hospital or regional referral

24  hospital.--Ultimate financial responsibility for treatment

25  received at a participating hospital or a regional referral

26  hospital by a qualified indigent patient who is a certified

27  resident of a county in the State of Florida, but is not a

28  resident of the county in which the participating hospital or

29  regional referral hospital is located, is the obligation of

30  the county of which the qualified indigent patient is a

31  resident. Each county shall reimburse participating hospitals

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 1  or regional referral hospitals as provided for in this part,

 2  and shall provide or arrange for indigent eligibility

 3  determination procedures and resident certification

 4  determination procedures as provided for in rules developed to

 5  implement this part.  The agency, or any county determining

 6  eligibility of a qualified indigent, shall provide to the

 7  county of residence, upon request, a copy of any documents,

 8  forms, or other information, as determined by rule, which may

 9  be used in making an eligibility determination.

10         (3)  For the purpose of computing the maximum amount

11  that a county at or below 100,000 in population may be

12  required to pay, the agency must reduce the official state

13  population estimates by the number of inmates and patients

14  residing in the county in institutions operated by the Federal

15  Government, the Department of Corrections, the Department of

16  Health, or the Department of Children and Family Services, and

17  by the number of active-duty military personnel residing in

18  the county, all of whom shall shall not be considered

19  residents of the county, provided that the county agrees to

20  accept such documents, forms, or other information used to

21  certify financial eligibility and county residency, provided

22  by the participating hospital or regional referral hospital to

23  the county of residence as valid and true without requiring

24  reverification by the county of residence, and provided such

25  documentation is complete and in the form required by s.

26  154.3105.

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         amending s. 154.306, F.S.; requiring that

 7         counties accept specified documents, forms, and

 8         other information provided by participating

 9         hospital or regional referral hospital;

10         providing for excluding active-duty military

11         personnel and certain institutionalized county

12         residents from state population estimates when

13         calculating a county's financial responsibility

14         for hospitals' treatment of the specific

15         county's indigent residents;

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