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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1108

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 904934

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11  Senator Silver moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 43, between lines 14 and 15,

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17         Section 8.  (1)  Notwithstanding section 409.911,

18  Florida Statutes, for the state fiscal year 2002-2003 only,

19  the Agency for Health Care Administration shall distribute

20  moneys under the regular disproportionate share program only

21  to public hospitals. Public hospitals are defined as those

22  hospitals included in the agency's calculation of the Medicaid

23  Upper Payment Limit in accordance with 42 C.F.R. 447.272. The

24  following methodology shall be used to distribute

25  disproportionate share dollars to the public hospitals:

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27  For nonstate government-owned or operated hospitals:

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29           DSHP = [(.9*HCCD)+(.1*HMD)/(CCD+TMD)]*TAAPH

30          TAAPH = TA - TAAMH

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  1  For state-owned or operated mental health hospitals:

  2                     DSHP = (HMD/TMHMD)*TAAMH

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  4  Where:

  5         TA = total appropriation.

  6         TAAPH = total amount available for public hospitals.

  7         TAAMH = total amount available for mental health

  8  hospitals.

  9         DSHP = disproportionate share hospital payments.

10         HMD = hospital Medicaid days.

11         TMD = total state Medicaid days for public hospital.

12         HCCD = hospital charity care days.

13         TCCD = total state charity care days for public

14  hospitals.

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16         (2)  Notwithstanding section 409.9112, Florida

17  Statutes, for state fiscal year 2002-2003 only,

18  disproportionate share payments to regional perinatal

19  intensive care centers shall be equal to the disproportionate

20  payments made to the regional perinatal intensive care centers

21  in state fiscal year 2001-2002.

22         (3)  Notwithstanding section 409.9117, Florida

23  Statutes, for state fiscal year 2002-2003 only,

24  disproportionate share payments to hospitals that qualify for

25  primary care disproportionate payments shall be equal to the

26  primary care disproportionate payments made to those hospitals

27  in state fiscal year 2001-2002.

28         (4)  For state fiscal year 2002-2003 only, no

29  disproportionate share payments shall be made to hospitals

30  under the provisions of section 409.9119, Florida Statutes.

31         (5)  In the event the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

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  1  Services does not approve Florida's inpatient hospital state

  2  plan amendment for the public disproportionate share program

  3  by November 1, 2002, the agency may make payments to hospitals

  4  under the regular disproportionate share program, regional

  5  perinatal intensive care centers disproportionate share

  6  program, primary care disproportionate share program, and

  7  children's disproportionate share program using the same

  8  methodologies used in state fiscal year 2001-2002.

  9         (6)  This section expires July 1, 2003.

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11  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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15  And the title is amended as follows:

16         On page 1, line 24, following the semicolon

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19         providing guidelines for the agency to

20         distribute disproportionate share funds during

21         the 2002-2003 fiscal year;

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