HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 1885
Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 The Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations
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18 Section 1. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 154.306,
19 Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (4) and (5),
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22 154.306 Financial responsibility for certified
23 residents who are qualified indigent patients treated at an
24 out-of-county participating hospital or regional referral
25 hospital.--Ultimate financial responsibility for treatment
26 received at a participating hospital or a regional referral
27 hospital by a qualified indigent patient who is a certified
28 resident of a county in the State of Florida, but is not a
29 resident of the county in which the participating hospital or
30 regional referral hospital is located, is the obligation of
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1 resident. Each county shall reimburse participating hospitals
2 or regional referral hospitals as provided for in this part,
3 and shall provide or arrange for indigent eligibility
4 determination procedures and resident certification
5 determination procedures as provided for in rules developed to
6 implement this part. The agency, or any county determining
7 eligibility of a qualified indigent, shall provide to the
8 county of residence, upon request, a copy of any documents,
9 forms, or other information, as determined by rule, which may
10 be used in making an eligibility determination.
11 (3) For the purpose of computing the maximum amount
12 that a county having a population of 100,000 or less may be
13 required to pay, the agency must reduce the official state
14 population estimates by the number of inmates and patients
15 residing in the county in institutions operated by the Federal
16 Government, the Department of Corrections, the Department of
17 Health, or the Department of Children and Family Services, and
18 by the number of active-duty military personnel residing in
19 the county, none of whom shall be considered residents of the
20 county. However, a county is entitled to receive the benefit
21 of such a reduction in estimated population figures only if
22 the county accepts as valid and true, and does not require any
23 reverification of, the documentation of financial eligibility
24 and county residency which is provided to it by the
25 participating hospital or regional referral hospital. The
26 participating hospital or regional referral hospital must
27 provide documentation that is complete and in the form
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
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6 amending s. 154.306, F.S.; providing procedures
7 for computing the maximum amount that specified
8 counties must pay for the treatment of an
9 indigent resident of the county at a hospital
10 located outside the county; providing for the
11 exclusion of active-duty military personnel and
12 certain institutionalized county residents from
13 state population estimates when calculating a
14 county's financial responsibility for such
15 hospital care; requiring the county of
16 residence to accept the hospital's
17 documentation of financial eligibility and
18 county residence; requiring that the
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