HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                   Bill No. HB 849   Barcode 151811
    Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only)
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11  The Committee on Local Government & Veterans Affairs offered
12  the following:
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14         Amendment 
15         On page 1, between lines 23 and 24, of the bill
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18         Section 2.  Subsection (9) of section 2 of chapter
19  80-585, Laws of Florida, as amended by 89-424, Laws of
20  Florida, is amended to read:
21         (9)  To establish uniform standards which shall be
22  equal to or stricter than those provided in Chapter 401,
23  Florida Statutes, insofar as it relates to Emergency Medical
24  Services and the Department of Health and Rehabilitative
25  Services EMS Rules, Chapter 10D-66, as they exist and may
26  hereafter be amended and to provide for the enforcement of
27  same.  The authority has the power to establish levels of
28  service for all emergency medical services that must be met by
29  EMS providers; provided that levels of service on or after the
30  effective date of this act may not be lower than levels of
31  service as of January 1, 1989, without the consent of the
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    File original & 9 copies    03/27/01                          
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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 849 Barcode 151811 Amendment No. 01 (for drafter's use only) 1 affected EMS providers; and provided further that an EMS 2 provider may not be required to increase its level of service 3 to a level of service established by the authority that 4 results in the authority reducing the payment of reimbursable 5 costs to EMS providers because the total reimbursable costs 6 would exceed the 1.5 millage authorized by this act. 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 03/27/01 hca0002 02:45 pm 00849-lgva-151811