SENATE AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 54. Section 409.91188, Florida Statutes, is
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19 409.91188 Specialty prepaid health plans for Medicaid
20 recipients with HIV or AIDS.--The Agency for Health Care
21 Administration is authorized to contract with specialty
22 prepaid health plans and pay them on a prepaid capitated basis
23 to provide Medicaid benefits to Medicaid-eligible recipients
24 who have human immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV) or acquired
25 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The agency shall apply for
26 and is authorized to implement federal waivers or other
27 necessary federal authorization to implement the prepaid
28 health plans authorized by this section. The agency shall
29 procure the specialty prepaid health plans through a
30 competitive procurement. In awarding a contract to a managed
31 care plan, the agency shall take into account price, quality,
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1 accessibility, linkages to community-based organizations, and
2 the comprehensiveness of the benefit package offered by the
3 plan. The agency may bid the HIV/AIDS specialty plans on a
4 county, regional, or statewide basis. Qualified plans must be
5 licensed under chapter 641. The agency shall monitor and
6 evaluate the implementation of this waiver program if it is
7 approved by the Federal Government and shall report on its
8 status to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
9 House of Representatives by February 1, 2001. To improve
10 coordination of medical care delivery and to increase
11 cost-efficiency for the Medicaid program in treating HIV
12 disease, the Agency for Healthcare Administration shall seek
13 all necessary federal waivers to allow participation in the
14 Medipass HIV disease management program for Medicare
15 beneficiaries who test positive for HIV infection and who also
16 qualify for Medicaid benefits such as prescription medications
17 not covered by Medicare.
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23 And the title is amended as follows:
24 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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27 A bill to be entitled
28 An act relating to health care; providing
29 legislative intent and findings with respect to
30 the Medical Quality Assurance Trust Fund and
31 function administered by the Department of
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1 Health; requiring the Auditor General to do a
2 followup Medical Quality Assurance audit and
3 issue a report to the Legislature; requiring
4 the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
5 Government Accountability to study the
6 feasibility of maintaining the Medical Quality
7 Assurance function within a single department
8 and issue a report to the Legislature;
9 requiring the Department of Health to reimburse
10 the Agency for Health Care Administration for
11 certain costs; amending s. 456.004, F.S.;
12 providing requirements for rules relating to
13 biennial renewal of licenses; amending s.
14 456.025, F.S.; revising requirements relating
15 to the setting and use of fees for the
16 regulation of health care professions and
17 practitioners, including continuing education
18 fees; providing for an electronic
19 continuing-education tracking system; amending
20 ss. 457.107, 483.807, F.S.; conforming
21 provisions relating to fees; repealing s.
22 458.31151, F.S., relating to development of the
23 examination for foreign-trained physicians and
24 the fees therefor; amending s. 456.011, F.S.;
25 requiring board meetings to be conducted
26 through teleconferencing or other technological
27 means except under certain circumstances;
28 amending s. 456.013, F.S.; requiring the
29 department to charge initial license fees;
30 amending s. 456.017, F.S.; providing for
31 administration of national examinations and
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1 termination of state-administered written
2 examinations; providing for administration of
3 state-administered practical or clinical
4 examinations if paid for in advance by the
5 examination candidates; providing legislative
6 intent with respect to the use of national
7 examinations and the removal of
8 state-administered examinations as a barrier to
9 licensure; providing for electronic access to
10 and posting of examination scores under certain
11 conditions; providing for the sharing of
12 examinations or examination-item banks with
13 certain entities; providing for review of
14 questions by legal counsel under certain
15 circumstances; providing for electronic
16 administration of examinations; amending s.
17 456.035, F.S.; providing for electronic
18 notification of a licensee's current mailing
19 address and place of practice; amending s.
20 456.073, F.S.; prohibiting a letter of guidance
21 in lieu of a finding of probable cause under
22 certain conditions; amending s. 456.081, F.S.;
23 providing for publication of information;
24 amending s. 456.072, F.S.; revising and
25 providing grounds for discipline of licensees;
26 revising provisions governing and providing for
27 disciplinary actions; amending s. 456.079,
28 F.S.; requiring mitigating or aggravating
29 circumstances to be in the final order to be
30 considered in the imposition of penalties;
31 amending ss. 457.109, 458.320, 458.331,
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1 459.0085, 459.015, 460.413, 461.013, 462.14,
2 463.016, 464.018, 465.016, 466.028, 466.037,
3 467.203, 468.1295, 468.1755, 468.217, 468.365,
4 468.518, 468.719, 468.811, 478.52, 480.046,
5 483.825, 483.901, 484.014, 484.056, 486.125,
6 490.009, 491.009, F.S.; conforming provisions
7 relating to disciplinary actions; repealing s.
8 483.827, F.S., relating to administrative
9 penalties applicable to clinical laboratory
10 personnel; amending s. 456.074, F.S.; providing
11 for immediate suspension of licenses for
12 violations relating to fraudulent practices;
13 amending s. 464.005, F.S.; providing for future
14 relocation of the headquarters of the Board of
15 Nursing; amending s. 456.003, F.S.; providing a
16 limitation on the duties of certain boards;
17 amending s. 409.91188, F.S.; requiring the
18 Agency for Health Care Administration to seek
19 certain waivers to allow certain Medicare
20 beneficiaries to participate in the Medipass
21 HIV disease management program; providing an
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