Amendment
Bill No. 0546
Amendment No. 314177
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative(s) Negron offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     On page 1, between line(s) 28 and 29, insert:
5     Section 3.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary
6in Committee Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill
7404, enacted in the 2005 Regular Session of the Legislature, the
8Agency for Health Care Administration is required to comply with
9chapter 120, Florida Statutes, when setting Medicaid rates and
10methods of payments, and the substance of Medicaid rates is
11subject to judicial review. Sections 8, 10, and 23 of Committee
12Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 404 do not
13apply retroactively to contracts, fees, rates, and other methods
14of payment in existence before the effective date of Committee
15Substitute for Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 404, and any
16fee or rate schedule approved through the rate-setting process
17existing as of July 1, 2004, shall be incorporated into the
18provider agreement or any agreement relating to Medicaid goods
19and services.
20     Section 4.  The provisions of this act shall be
21implemented to the extent of available appropriations contained
22in the General Appropriations Act for such purposes.
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25     On page 1, between line(s) 8 and 9, insert:
26providing applicability regarding Medicaid rates and methods of
27payments; providing for implementation contingent upon
28appropriations;


CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.