HOUSE AMENDMENT
    hbd-28                                 Bill No. CS for SB 1506
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
                            CHAMBER ACTION
              Senate                               House
                                   .                    
                                   .                    
 1                                 .                    
                                   .                    
 2                                 .                    
                                   .                    
 3                                 .                    
                                   .                    
 4  ______________________________________________________________
 5                                           ORIGINAL STAMP BELOW
 6  
 7  
 8  
 9  
10  ______________________________________________________________
11  Representative(s) Barreiro, Crow, Ritter, and Harper offered
12  the following:
13  
14         Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 2, line 4, of the bill
16  
17  insert:  
18         Section 2.  Section 627.732, Florida Statutes, is
19  amended to read:
20         627.732  Definitions.--As used in ss. 627.730-627.7405,
21  the term:
22         (1)  "Broker" means any person not possessing a license
23  or reporting under chapter 395, chapter 400, chapter 458,
24  chapter 459, chapter 460, chapter 461, or chapter 641 who
25  charges or receives compensation for any use of medical
26  equipment and is not the 100-percent owner or the 100-percent
27  lessee of such equipment. For purposes of this section, such
28  owner or lessee may be an individual, a corporation, a
29  partnership, or any other entity and any of its
30  100-percent-owned affiliates and subsidiaries. For purposes of
31  this subsection, the term "lessee" means a long-term lessee
                                  1
    File original & 9 copies    05/03/01                          
    hbd0007                     11:39 am         01506-0107-293231

HOUSE AMENDMENT hbd-28 Bill No. CS for SB 1506 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 under a capital or operating lease, but does not include a 2 part-time lessee. The term "broker" does not include a 3 hospital or physician management company whose medical 4 equipment is ancillary to the practices managed, a debt 5 collection agency, or an entity that has contracted with the 6 insurer to obtain a discounted rate for such services; nor 7 does the term include a management company that has contracted 8 to provide general management services for a licensed 9 physician or health care facility and whose compensation is 10 not materially affected by the usage or frequency of usage of 11 medical equipment or an entity that is 100-percent owned by 12 one or more hospitals or physicians. 13 14 15 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 16 And the title is amended as follows: 17 On page 1, line 10, 18 19 after the semicolon insert: 20 amending s. 627.732, F.S.; defining the term 21 "broker"; 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 05/03/01 hbd0007 11:39 am 01506-0107-293231