SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1558, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 381386
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11  Senator Dyer moved the following amendment to amendment
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 201, between lines 29 and 30,
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18         Section 67.  Section 409.9205, Florida Statutes, is
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20         409.9205  Medicaid Fraud Control Unit; law enforcement
21  officers.--
22         (1)  Except as provided in s. 110.205, all positions in
23  the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Department of Legal
24  Affairs are hereby transferred to the Career Service System.
25         (2)  All investigators employed by the Medicaid Fraud
26  Control Unit who have been certified under s. 943.1395 are law
27  enforcement officers of the state.  Such investigators have
28  the authority to conduct criminal investigations, bear arms,
29  make arrests, and apply for, serve, and execute search
30  warrants, arrest warrants, capias, and other process
31  throughout the state pertaining to Medicaid fraud as described
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1558, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 381386
 1  in this chapter.  The Attorney General shall provide
 2  reasonable notice of criminal investigations conducted by the
 3  Medicaid Fraud Control Unit to, and coordinate those
 4  investigations with, the sheriffs of the respective counties.
 5  Investigators employed by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit are
 6  not eligible for membership in the Special Risk Class of the
 7  Florida Retirement System under s. 121.0515.
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 9  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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13  And the title is amended as follows:
14         On page 292, line 21, delete that line
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17         certain units; amending s. 409.9205, F.S.;
18         transferring positions in the Medicaid Fraud
19         Control Unit of the Department of Legal Affairs
20         to Career Service; amending s. 456.013, F.S.;
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