Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2-B
                        Barcode 463656
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11  The Committee on Ways and Means (Atwater) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 13, between lines 28 and 29,
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18         (c)  A federally qualified health center or an entity
19  owned by one or more federally qualified health centers or an
20  entity owned by other migrant and community health centers
21  receiving non-Medicaid financial support from the Federal
22  Government to provide health care services on a prepaid or
23  fixed-sum basis to recipients. A federally qualified health
24  center or an entity that is owned by one or more federally
25  qualified health centers and is reimbursed by the agency on a
26  prepaid basis is exempt from parts I and III of chapter 641,
27  but must comply with the solvency requirements in s.
28  641.2261(2) and meet the appropriate requirements governing
29  financial reserve, quality assurance, and patients' rights
30  established by the agency. Such prepaid health care services
31  entity must be licensed under parts I and III of chapter 641,
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 2-B Barcode 463656 1 but shall be prohibited from serving Medicaid recipients on a 2 prepaid basis, until such licensure has been obtained. 3 However, such an entity is exempt from s. 641.225 if the 4 entity meets the requirements specified in subsections (17) 5 and (18). 6 7 8 ==== D I R E C T O R Y C L A U S E A M E N D M E N T ==== 9 And the directory clause is amended as follows: 10 On page 5, line 29, delete that line 11 12 and insert: 13 Section 2. Paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of subsection 14 (4) of 15 16 17 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 18 And the title is amended as follows: 19 On page 1, line 12, after the semicolon, 20 21 insert: 22 providing that specified federally qualified 23 health centers or entities that are owned by 24 one or more federally qualified health centers 25 are exempt from the requirements imposed by law 26 on health maintenance organizations and health 27 care services; providing exceptions; 28 29 30 31 2 3:56 PM 12/06/05 s0002Bc1c-wm25-j05