SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 1202
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 832324
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11  Senator Silver moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment 
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15            page 84, line 19, delete those lines
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18         (4)(a)  The biennial license fee required of a facility
19  is $300 $240 per license, with an additional fee of $50 $30
20  per resident based on the total licensed resident capacity of
21  the facility, except that no additional fee will be assessed
22  for beds designated for recipients of optional state
23  supplementation payments provided for in s. 409.212. The total
24  fee may not exceed $10,000, no part of which shall be returned
25  to the facility.  The agency shall adjust the per bed license
26  fee and the total licensure fee annually by not more than the
27  change in the consumer price index based on the 12 months
28  immediately preceding the increase.
29         (b)  In addition to the total fee assessed under
30  paragraph (a), the agency shall require facilities that are
31  licensed to provide extended congregate care services under
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 1202
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 832324
 1  this part to pay an additional fee per licensed facility.  The
 2  amount of the biennial fee shall be $400 per license, with an
 3  additional fee of $10 per resident based on the total licensed
 4  resident capacity of the facility. No part of this fee which
 5  shall be returned to the facility. The agency may adjust the
 6  per-bed license fee and the annual license fee once each year
 7  by not more than the average rate of inflation for the 12
 8  months immediately preceding the increase.
 9         (c)  In addition to the total fee assessed under
10  paragraph (a), the agency shall require facilities that are
11  licensed to provide limited nursing services under this part
12  to pay an additional fee per licensed facility.  The amount of
13  the biennial fee shall be $250 $200 per license, with an
14  additional fee of $10 per resident based on the total licensed
15  resident capacity of the facility.  The total biennial fee may
16  not exceed $2,000, No part of this fee which shall be returned
17  to the facility.  The agency may adjust the per-bed license
18  fee and the $200 biennial license fee and the maximum total
19  license fee once each year by not more than the average rate
20  of inflation for the 12 months immediately preceding the
21  increase.
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