HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 959

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Community Affairs offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause

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16  and insert in lieu thereof:

17         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 154.306, Florida

18  Statutes, is created to read:

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

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

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

22  population estimates by the number of inmates and patients

23  residing in the county in institutions operated by the Federal

24  Government, the Department of Corrections, the Department of

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

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

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

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

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

30  certify financial eligibility and county residency, provided

31  by the participating hospital or regional referral hospital to

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 959

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)





 1  the county residence as valid and true without requiring

 2  reverification by the county of residence, and provided such

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

 4  154.3105.

 5         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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 9  And the title is amended as follows:

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11  remove from the title of the bill:  all of said lines

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13  and insert in lieu thereof:

14         hospitals' treatment of specific counties'

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