HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/HB 339
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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11 Representative(s) Maygarden offered the following:
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13 Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 (5) OPEN HEART SURGERY.
19 (a) When an application is made for a certificate of
20 need to establish an adult open heart surgery program in a
21 county in which none of the hospitals has an existing or
22 approved adult open heart surgery program, need for one
23 program shall be evaluated under special circumstances to
24 promote reasonable access to such a program within the
25 county. The criteria on which the certificate of need is
26 reviewed in such circumstances shall favor approval in those
27 counties that can generate at least 1,200 annual hospital
28 discharges with a principal diagnosis of ischemic heart
29 disease. County-specific need identified under these
30 circumstances shall exist independently of and in addition to
31 any district need identified under the standard numeric need
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/HB 339
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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2 (b) An applicant for an adult open heart surgery
3 program who meets the special circumstances in paragraph (a)
4 shall, as a condition for approval, agree that the percentage
5 of admissions to its program which are Medicaid patients shall
6 be at least as great as the average percentage of Medicaid
7 patients admitted to open heart surgery programs in the
8 applicant's district; and shall also agree that the percentage
9 of admissions to its program which are charity patients shall
10 be at least as great as the average percentage of charity
11 patients admitted to open heart surgery programs in the
12 applicant's district.
13 (c) An applicant approved for an adult open heart
14 surgery program consistent with this subsection shall perform
15 a 12-month total of at least 250 open heart surgery operations
16 during the third year that such procedures are being
17 performed. Failure to meet this requirement is subject to
18 agency action as provided in s. 395.003(8).
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22 And the title is amended as follows:
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26 requiring an agreement that a certain percent
27 of Medicaid and charity patients be served;
28 requiring a specified number of operations;
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