HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                  Bill No. HB 1879
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  The Council for Healthy Communities offered the following:
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16  insert:  The Florida Title XIX Long-Term Care Reimbursement
17  Plan shall establish reimbursement ceilings to account for
18  geographic, size, and type of ownership differences of nursing
19  home providers. At the minimum, the Agency for Health Care
20  Administration shall create separate reimbursement classes for
21  for-profit and not-for-profit facilities. Providers also
22  licensed under chapter 651 shall be treated as if they were
23  operating as not-for-profit providers.
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