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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13         Amendment 
14         On page 42, between lines 20 and 21 of the bill
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16  insert:  Section 17.  Subsections (3) and (4) are added to
17  section 400.11, Florida Statutes, to read:
18         Expiration of license; renewal.--
19         (3)  The agency may not renew a license if the
20  applicant has failed to pay any fines assessed by final order
21  of the agency or final order of the Health Care Financing
22  Administration under requirements for federal certification.
23  The agency may renew the license of an applicant following the
24  assessment of a fine by final order if such fine has been paid
25  into an escrow account pending an appeal of a final order.
26         (4)  The licensee shall submit a signed affidavit
27  disclosing any financial or ownership interest that a licensee
28  has held within the last 5 years in any entity licensed by the
29  state or any other state to provide health or residential care
30  which entity has: closed voluntarily or involuntarily; filed
31  for bankruptcy; had a receiver appointed; had a license
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    File original & 9 copies    04/23/01                          
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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1879 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 denied, suspended, or revoked; or has an injunction issued 2 against it which was initiated by a regulatory agency. The 3 affidavit must disclose the reason any such entity was closed, 4 whether voluntarily or involuntarily. 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 04/23/01 hhr0003 06:48 pm 01879-hcc -984527