HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 27A
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2	Senate House
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12	Representative Rivera offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Remove line(s) 1094-1141, and insert:
16	amount under Medicare Part B for year 2001, for the area in
17	which the treatment was rendered, adjusted annually on August 1
18	to reflect the prior calendar year's changes in the annual
19	Medical Care Item of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
20	Consumers in the South Region as determined by the Bureau of
21	Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Laborby an
22	additional amount equal to the medical Consumer Price Index for
23	Florida.
24	4. Allowable amounts that may be charged to a personal
25	injury protection insurance insurer and insured for medically
26	necessary nerve conduction testing that does not meet the
27	requirements of subparagraph 3. shall not exceed the applicable
28	fee schedule or other payment methodology established pursuant
29	to s. 440.13.
30	5. Effective upon this act becoming a law and before
31	November 1, 2001, allowable amounts that may be charged to a
32	personal injury protection insurance insurer and insured for
33	magnetic resonance imaging services shall not exceed 200 percent
34	of the allowable amount under Medicare Part B for year 2001, for
35	the area in which the treatment was rendered. Beginning November
36	1, 2001, allowable amounts that may be charged to a personal
37	injury protection insurance insurer and insured for magnetic
38	resonance imaging services shall not exceed 175 percent of the
39	allowable amount under Medicare Part B for year 2001, for the
40	area in which the treatment was rendered, adjusted annually on
41	August 1 to reflect the prior calendar year’s changes in the
42	annual Medical Care Item of the Consumer Price Index for All
43	Urban Consumers in the South Region as determined by the Bureau
44	of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Laborby
45	an additional amount equal to the medical Consumer Price Index
46	for Florida, except that allowable amounts that may be charged
47	to a personal injury protection insurance insurer and insured
48	for magnetic resonance imaging services provided in facilities
49	accredited by the American College of Radiology or the Joint
50	Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations shall
51	not exceed 200 percent of the allowable amount under Medicare
52	Part B for year 2001, for the area in which the treatment was
53	rendered, adjusted annually on August 1 to reflect the prior
54	calendar year’s changes in the annual Medical Care Item of the
55	Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers in the South Region
56	as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United
57	States Department of Labor by an additional amount equal to the
58	medical Consumer Price Index for Florida. This paragraph does
59	not apply to charges for magnetic resonance imaging services and
60	nerve conduction testing for inpatients and emergency services
61	and care as defined in chapter 395 rendered by facilities
62	licensed under chapter 395. The billing of magnetic resonance
63	imaging services may be separated into a professional component
64	and a technical component.
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68	not required to pay; authorizing the billing of magnetic
69	resonance imaging services to be separated into professional and
70	technical components; requiring the Department of Health,