HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                         Bill No. SB 782, 1st Eng.
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Fasano offered the following:
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13         Amendment to Amendment (600753) (with title amendment) 
14         On page 20, lines 6-31,
15  remove from the amendment:  all of said lines
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17  and insert in lieu thereof:  
18         Section 7.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
19  395.701, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20         395.701  Annual assessments on net operating revenues
21  for inpatient and outpatient services to fund public medical
22  assistance; administrative fines for failure to pay
23  assessments when due; exemption.--
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25         (b)  There is imposed upon each hospital an assessment
26  in an amount equal to 0.5 1 percent of the annual net
27  operating revenue for outpatient services for each hospital,
28  such revenue to be determined by the agency, based on the
29  actual experience of the hospital as reported to the agency.
30  While prior year report worksheets may be reconciled to the
31  hospital's audited financial statements, no additional audited
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    File original & 9 copies    05/04/01                          
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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 782, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 financial components may be required for the purposes of 2 determining the amount of the assessment imposed pursuant to 3 this section other than those in effect on July 1, 2000. 4 Within 6 months after the end of each hospital fiscal year, 5 the agency shall certify the amount of the assessment for each 6 hospital. The assessment shall be payable to and collected by 7 the agency in equal quarterly amounts, on or before the first 8 day of each calendar quarter, beginning with the first full 9 calendar quarter that occurs after the agency certifies the 10 amount of the assessment for each hospital. All moneys 11 collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited into 12 the Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund. 13 Section 8. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 14 395.7015, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 15 395.7015 Annual assessment on health care entities.-- 16 (2) There is imposed an annual assessment against 17 certain health care entities as described in this section: 18 (a) The assessment shall be equal to 0.5 1 percent of 19 the annual net operating revenues of health care entities. The 20 assessment shall be payable to and collected by the agency. 21 Assessments shall be based on annual net operating revenues 22 for the entity's most recently completed fiscal year as 23 provided in subsection (3). 24 Section 9. Section 395.7016, Florida Statutes, is 25 amended to read: 26 395.7016 Annual appropriation.--The Legislature shall 27 appropriate each fiscal year from either the General Revenue 28 Fund or the Agency for Health Care Administration Tobacco 29 Settlement Trust Fund an amount sufficient to replace the 30 funds lost due to reduction by chapter 2000-256, Laws of 31 Florida, and by chapter 2001- , Laws of Florida, (this act) 2 File original & 9 copies 05/04/01 hbd0011 11:09 am 00782-0045-695531
HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 782, 1st Eng. Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 of the assessment on other health care entities under s. 2 395.7015, and the reduction by chapter 2000-256, Laws of 3 Florida, and by chapter 2001- , Laws of Florida, (this act) 4 in the assessment on hospitals under s. 395.701, and to 5 maintain federal approval of the reduced amount of funds 6 deposited into the Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund under 7 s. 395.701, as state match for the state's Medicaid program. 8 9 10 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 11 And the title is amended as follows: 12 On page 130, lines 17-20, of the amendment 13 remove: all of said lines 14 15 and insert in lieu thereof: 16 Risk Management Advisory Council; amending s. 17 395.701, F.S.; reducing the annual assessment 18 on hospital outpatient services to fund public 19 medical assistance; limiting the financial 20 information that may be required to determine 21 the amount of the assessment; amending s. 22 395.7015, F.S.; reducing the annual assessment 23 on certain other health care entities to fund 24 public medical assistance; amending s. 25 395.7016, F.S.; providing for annual 26 appropriations to replace funds lost due to 27 such reductions; 28 29 30 31 3 File original & 9 copies 05/04/01 hbd0011 11:09 am 00782-0045-695531