Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 838
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11  Senator Peaden moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 22, lines 7-21, delete those lines
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17         (b)  The agency shall develop a procedure for
18  determining whether health care providers and service vendors
19  can provide the Medicaid program using a business case that
20  demonstrates whether a particular good or service can offset
21  the cost of providing the good or service in an alternative
22  setting or through other means and therefore should receive a
23  higher reimbursement. The business case must include, but need
24  not be limited to:
25         1.  A detailed description of the good or service to be
26  provided, a description and analysis of the agency's current
27  performance of the service, and a rationale documenting how
28  providing the service in an alternative setting would be in
29  the best interest of the state, the agency, and its clients.
30         2.  A cost-benefit analysis documenting the estimated
31  specific direct and indirect costs, savings, performance
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    Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 838
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 1  improvements, risks, and qualitative and quantitative benefits
 2  involved in or resulting from providing the service. The
 3  cost-benefit analysis must include a detailed plan and
 4  timeline identifying all actions that must be implemented to
 5  realize expected benefits. The Secretary of Health Care
 6  Administration shall verify that all costs, savings, and
 7  benefits are valid and achievable.
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12  And the title is amended as follows:
13         On page 1, line 26, delete that line
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16         health care vendors may provide a business case
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