SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 968
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 231698
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11  Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 1, between lines 29 and 30,
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17         Section 2.  Paragraph (r) is added to subsection (3) of
18  section 408.036, Florida Statutes, to read:
19         408.036  Projects subject to review.--
20         (3)  EXEMPTIONS.--Upon request, the following projects
21  are subject to exemption from the provisions of subsection
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23         (r)  For the conversion or hospital-based Medicare and
24  Medicaid certified skilled nursing beds to acute care beds, if
25  the conversion does not involve the construction of new
26  facilities.
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28  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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    9:03 AM   04/23/01                                s0968c-25k0a

SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 968 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 231698 1 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 2 And the title is amended as follows: 3 On page 1, line 8, after the semicolon, 4 5 insert: 6 amending s. 408.036, F.S.; providing an 7 exemption from review for the conversion of 8 certain skilled nursing beds to acute care beds 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 9:03 AM 04/23/01 s0968c-25k0a