HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1573 CS
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12	Representative Antone offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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16	Section 15. (1) The Legislature finds that many of our
17	state's hospitals are incurring millions of dollars in costs for
18	treating uninsured persons.
19	(2)(a) The Uninsured Task Force is established for the
20	purpose of investigating how to reduce the cost of treating
21	uninsured persons.
22	(b) The task force shall be comprised of one
23	representative each from:
24	1. The Orange County Medical Society.
25	2. The Florida Academy of Family Practitioners.
26	3. A faith-based health care provider.
27	4. A progress health maintenance organization.
28	5. The Central Florida Partnership on Health Disparities.
29	6. The Department of Health.
30	7. The Association of Community Health Centers.
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32	8. The Florida Chamber of Commerce.
33	9. The Emergency Management Service Organization.
34	10. Enterprise Florida, Inc.
35	11. The Florida Hospital Association.
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37	The task force shall also include the Chief Financial Officer
38	for the Broward County Hospital and the Deputy Director of
39	Orange County.
40	(c) The task force shall develop innovative solutions for
41	treating the uninsured, reducing the caseloads in the emergency
42	rooms of our hospitals, and streamlining the resources,
43	treatment centers, community health centers, county health
44	clinics, and other health care facilities that treat uninsured
45	persons.
46	(3) The task force shall select a chair and shall meet at
47	the call of the chair but at least once each month. Members of
48	the task force shall serve without compensation but shall be
49	entitled to reimbursement for travel and per diem expenses as
50	provided in s. 112.061, Florida Statutes.
51	(4) The task force shall develop solutions, make
52	recommendations, and report to the President of the Senate and
53	the Speaker of the House of Representatives at the beginning of
54	the 2004 Regular Session.
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63	To subscribers; providing a legislative finding; creating the
64	Uninsured Task Force; providing for membership; providing
65	purposes and duties; requiring a report; providing severability;
66	providing an