SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2170
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 845616
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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11 Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 111. Subsections (1) and (2) of section
18 400.487, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
19 400.487 Home health service agreements; physician's,
20 physician's assistant's, and advanced registered nurse
21 practitioner's treatment orders; patient assessment;
22 establishment and review of plan of care; provision of
23 services; orders not to resuscitate.--
24 (1) Services provided by a home health agency must be
25 covered by an agreement between the home health agency and the
26 patient or the patient's legal representative specifying the
27 home health services to be provided, the rates or charges for
28 services paid with private funds, and the sources method of
29 payment, which may include Medicare, Medicaid, private
30 insurance, personal funds, or a combination thereof. A home
31 health agency providing skilled care must make an assessment
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2170
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 845616
1 of the patient's needs within 48 hours after the start of
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3 (2) When required by the provisions of chapter 464;
4 part I, part III, or part V of chapter 468; or chapter 486,
5 the attending physician, physician's assistant, or advanced
6 registered nurse practitioner, acting within his or her
7 respective scope of practice, shall for a patient who is to
8 receive skilled care must establish treatment orders for a
9 patient who is to receive skilled care. The treatment orders
10 must be signed by the physician, physician's assistant, or
11 advanced registered nurse practitioner before a claim for
12 payment for the skilled services is submitted by the home
13 health agency. If the claim is submitted to a managed care
14 organization, the treatment orders must be signed in the time
15 allowed under the provider agreement. The treatment orders
16 shall within 30 days after the start of care and must be
17 reviewed, as frequently as the patient's illness requires, by
18 the physician, physician's assistant, or advanced registered
19 nurse practitioner in consultation with the home health agency
20 personnel that provide services to the patient.
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26 And the title is amended as follows:
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30 amending s. 400.487, F.S.; revising home health
31 agency service agreements and treatment orders;
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