SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1226
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 272488
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11  Senator Bennett moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 30, between lines 5 and 6,
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17         Section 10.  Section 430.701, Florida Statutes, is
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19         430.701  Legislative findings and intent.--
20         (1)  The Legislature finds that state expenditures for
21  long-term care services continue to increase at a rapid rate
22  and that Florida faces increasing pressure in its efforts to
23  meet the long-term care needs of the public.  It is the intent
24  of the Legislature that the Department of Elderly Affairs, in
25  consultation with the Agency for Health Care Administration,
26  implement long-term care community diversion pilot projects to
27  test the effectiveness of managed care and outcome-based
28  reimbursement principles when applied to long-term care.
29         (2)  The agency may seek federal approval in advance of
30  approval of its formal waiver application to limit the
31  diversion provider network by freezing enrollment of providers
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1226
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 272488
 1  at current levels when an area already has three or more
 2  providers or, in an expansion area, when enrollment reaches a
 3  level of three providers. This subsection does not prevent the
 4  department from approving a provider to expand service to
 5  additional counties within a planning and service area for
 6  which the provider is already approved to serve.
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12  And the title is amended as follows:
13         On page 3, line 7, following the semicolon
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16         amending s. 430.701, F.S.; prescribing duties
17         of the agency with respect to limiting the
18         diversion provider network;
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