HOUSE AMENDMENT
    h1819-24                                   Bill No. CS/HB 1819
    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Melvin and Crow offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 6, between lines 7 & 8, of the bill
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17         Section 3.  Paragraph (1) of section 483.245, Florida
18  Statutes, is amended to read:
19         483.245  Rebates prohibited; penalties.--
20         (1)  It is unlawful for any person to pay or receive
21  any commission, bonus, kickback, or rebate or engage in any
22  split-fee arrangement in any form whatsoever with any magnetic
23  resonance imaging service, physician, surgeon, organization,
24  agency, or person, either directly or indirectly, for patients
25  referred to a clinical laboratory licensed under this part.
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29  And the title is amended as follows:
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    File original & 9 copies    04/26/01                          
    hbd0007                     03:22 pm         01819-0004-324857

HOUSE AMENDMENT h1819-24 Bill No. CS/HB 1819 Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only) 1 after the semicolon insert: 2 amending s. 483.245, F.S.; prohibiting rebates; 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 04/26/01 hbd0007 03:22 pm 01819-0004-324857