HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                         Bill No. HB 959, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Murman, Byrd, Bradley, Wallace, and

12  Henriquez offered the following:

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14         Amendment to Amendment (913687) 

15         On page 4, lines 29-31, and on page 5, lines 1-8,

16  remove from the amendment:  all of said lines

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18  and insert in lieu thereof:

19  However, if a county has a population of at least 800,000

20  residents and has levied the surtax authorized in this

21  subsection, notwithstanding any directive from the authorizing

22  county, on October 1 of each calendar year, the clerk of the

23  court shall issue a check in the amount of $6.5 million to a

24  hospital in its jurisdiction that has a Level I trauma center

25  or shall issue a check in the amount of $3.5 million to a

26  hospital in its jurisdiction that has a Level I trauma center

27  if that county enacts and implements a hospital lien law in

28  accordance with chapter 98-499, Laws of Florida. The issuance

29  of the checks on October 1 of each year is provided in

30  recognition of the Level I trauma center status and shall be

31  in addition to the base contract amount received during fiscal

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                         Bill No. HB 959, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  year 1999-2000 and any additional amount negotiated to the

 2  base contract. If the hospital receiving funds for its Level I

 3  trauma center status requests such funds to be used to

 4  generate federal matching funds under Medicaid, the clerk of

 5  the court shall instead issue a check to the Agency for Health

 6  Care Administration to accomplish that purpose to the extent

 7  that it is allowed through the General Appropriations Act.

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