HB 1227

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to Collier County; amending chapter 2003-
3	360, Laws of Florida; providing for determination of
4	reasonable charges due a charitable hospital located in
5	Collier County under a contract or agreement entered into
6	between such hospital and a nongovernmental third-party
7	payor; providing an effective date.
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9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1.  Subsection (4) of section 1 of chapter 2003-
12	360, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
13	Section 1.
14	(4)  If no amount is paid or is at any time payable under
15	any third-party-payor contract or agreement between the hospital
16	and third-party payors, or from any other private, public,
17	county, state, or federal insurance, contract, agreement,
18	benefit, program, or plan, the amount of reasonable charges must
19	be determined under the nongovernmental third-party-payor
20	contract or agreement entered into between the hospital and a
21	nongovernmental third-party payor which provides for the lowest
22	charges agreed to as acceptable by the hospital, taking into
23	account all reductions and write-offs provided for in the
24	nongovernmental third-party-payor contract or agreement in
25	effect at the time the charges were incurred.
26	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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