Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. PCS for SB 838 (394008)
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11  The Committee on Health Care (Siplin) recommended the
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 75, between lines 7 and 8,
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18         Section 16.  Paragraph (k) is added to subsection (3)
19  of section 409.907, Florida Statutes, to read:
20         409.907  Medicaid provider agreements.--The agency may
21  make payments for medical assistance and related services
22  rendered to Medicaid recipients only to an individual or
23  entity who has a provider agreement in effect with the agency,
24  who is performing services or supplying goods in accordance
25  with federal, state, and local law, and who agrees that no
26  person shall, on the grounds of handicap, race, color, or
27  national origin, or for any other reason, be subjected to
28  discrimination under any program or activity for which the
29  provider receives payment from the agency.
30         (3)  The provider agreement developed by the agency, in
31  addition to the requirements specified in subsections (1) and
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    Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. PCS for SB 838 (394008)
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 1  (2), shall require the provider to:
 2         (k)  Ensure that its employees and dependents are
 3  furnished with health insurance benefits that are equivalent
 4  to, or exceed, the benefits provided by the state Medicaid
 5  program. Covered services, scope, and duration of benefits
 6  must meet or exceed those provided by Medicaid and the cost of
 7  those benefits to employees of the provider may not exceed
 8  those paid by Medicaid recipients.
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12  And the title is amended as follows:
13         On page 4, line 13, after the semicolon,
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16         amending s. 409.907, F.S.; requiring Medicaid
17         providers to provide health coverage benefits
18         to their employees which are equal to or
19         greater than those of Medicaid recipients;
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