Senate Bill sb2508

    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 2508

    By Senator Posey





    24-1276-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to health care clinics;

  3         amending s. 400.9905, F.S.; providing that an

  4         entity that files an annual affidavit with the

  5         Agency for Health Care Administration stating

  6         that it does not provide personal injury

  7         protection benefits is not defined as a clinic

  8         for purposes of the Health Care Clinic Act;

  9         amending s. 400.993, F.S.; providing that an

10         entity that provides services in conflict with

11         such an affidavit to the agency commits a

12         felony of the third degree; providing an

13         effective date.

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15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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17         Section 1.  Paragraph (k) is added to subsection (4) of

18  section 400.9905, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         400.9905  Definitions.--

20         (4)  "Clinic" means an entity at which health care

21  services are provided to individuals and which tenders charges

22  for reimbursement for such services, including a mobile clinic

23  and a portable equipment provider. For purposes of this part,

24  the term does not include and the licensure requirements of

25  this part do not apply to:

26         (k)  Entities that file an annual affidavit with the

27  agency which states that they do not provide personal injury

28  protection benefits under ss. 627.730-627.7405.

29         Section 2.  Present subsections (5), (6), (7), (8), and

30  (9) of section 400.993, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 2508
    24-1276-06




 1  subsections (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10), respectively, and a

 2  new subsection (5) is added to that section, to read:

 3         400.993  Unlicensed clinics; penalties; fines;

 4  verification of licensure status.--

 5         (5)  An entity that knowingly provides services in

 6  conflict with an annually filed affidavit to the agency which

 7  states that the entity does not provide personal injury

 8  protection benefits commits a felony of the third degree,

 9  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.

10  775.084. Each day of continued operation is a separate

11  offense.

12         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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15                          SENATE SUMMARY

16    Provides that an entity that files an annual affidavit
      with the Agency for Health Care Administration is not
17    defined as a clinic for purposes of the Health Care
      Clinic Act. Provides that an entity that provides
18    personal injury protection benefits in conflict with the
      affidavit to the agency commits a felony of the third
19    degree.

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