HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 931

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations

12  offered the following:

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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 6, line 4, of the bill

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18         Section 7.  The Department of Health's Volunteer Health

19  Care Provider Program, or its successor program, shall

20  coordinate with the Agency for Health Care Administration,

21  Florida Board of Medicine, the Florida Board of Osteopathic

22  Medicine, the Florida Medical Association, the Florida

23  Osteopathic Medical Association, the Florida Hospital

24  Association, the Association of Community Hospitals and Health

25  Systems of Florida, Inc., and the Florida League of Health

26  Care Systems to conduct a survey and to produce, for the

27  Legislature by December 31 of each calendar year, a report

28  relative to uncompensated care for which the provider receives

29  no reimbursement. The report shall include: the dollar amount

30  of uncompensated care for which the physician receives no

31  reimbursement provided by physicians licensed pursuant to

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 931

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  chapter 458 and chapter 459 by medical specialty and by

 2  county; the dollar amount of uncompensated care for which the

 3  hospital receives no reimbursement provided by Florida

 4  hospitals licensed under chapter 395 by medical specialty and

 5  by county; the number of Medicaid physicians in the state by

 6  medical specialty and county, and the average number of

 7  encounters per physician. The results of the Medicaid provider

 8  survey shall be compared with the projected need for Medicaid

 9  services by specialty and county, as determined by the

10  department. The report that is to be filed on December 31,

11  2000, shall also include the following information: a

12  comparison of Florida Medicaid reimbursement rates with

13  Medicaid reimbursement rates for other states; a comparison of

14  Florida Medicaid reimbursement rates with Medicare

15  reimbursement rates; a comparison of Florida Medicaid

16  reimbursement rates with fee-for-service rates; and a

17  historical report on Florida Medicaid reimbursement rates.

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19  (Renumber subsequent sections)

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23  And the title is amended as follows:

24         On page 1, line 16, after "repeal;"

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27         requiring certain entities to conduct an annual

28         survey and produce an annual report on

29         uncompensated care;

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