Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HCB 6003, 2nd Eng.
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11  Senators Peaden, Carlton, Saunders, Atwater, Campbell and Rich
12  moved the following amendment to amendment (841196):
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16            page 53, line 2, delete those lines
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19         (1)  The agency is authorized to seek experimental,
20  pilot, or demonstration project waivers, pursuant to s. 1115
21  of the Social Security Act, to create a statewide initiative
22  to provide for a more efficient and effective service delivery
23  system that enhances quality of care and client outcomes in
24  the Florida Medicaid program pursuant to this section. Phase
25  one of the demonstration shall be implemented in two
26  geographic areas. One demonstration site shall include only
27  Broward County. A second demonstration site shall initially
28  include Duval County and shall be expanded to include Baker,
29  Clay, and Nassau Counties within 1 year after the Duval County
30  program becomes operational. This waiver authority is
31  contingent upon federal approval to preserve the
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    Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. HCB 6003, 2nd Eng.
                        Barcode 792910
 1  upper-payment-limit funding mechanism for hospitals, including
 2  a guarantee of a reasonable growth factor, a methodology to
 3  allow the use of a portion of these funds to serve as a risk
 4  pool for demonstration sites, provisions to preserve the
 5  state's ability to use intergovernmental transfers, and
 6  provisions to protect the disproportionate share program
 7  authorized pursuant to this chapter. Upon completion of the
 8  evaluation conducted under section 3 of this act, the agency
 9  may request statewide expansion of the demonstration projects.
10  Statewide phase-in to additional counties shall be contingent
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