| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Public Medical Assistance Trust |
| 3 | Fund; amending s. 395.701, F.S.; reducing an annual |
| 4 | assessment imposed on certain revenues of hospitals' |
| 5 | outpatient services; providing for future repeal of such |
| 6 | assessment; amending s. 395.7015, F.S.; reducing an annual |
| 7 | assessment imposed on certain revenues of health care |
| 8 | entities; providing for future repeal of such assessment; |
| 9 | providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section |
| 14 | 395.701, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 15 | 395.701 Annual assessments on net operating revenues for |
| 16 | inpatient and outpatient services to fund public medical |
| 17 | assistance; administrative fines for failure to pay assessments |
| 18 | when due; exemption.-- |
| 19 | (2) |
| 20 | (b) Effective July 1, 2006, there is imposed upon each |
| 21 | hospital an assessment in an amount equal to 0.5 1 percent of |
| 22 | the annual net operating revenue for outpatient services for |
| 23 | each hospital, such revenue to be determined by the agency, |
| 24 | based on the actual experience of the hospital as reported to |
| 25 | the agency. While prior year report worksheets may be reconciled |
| 26 | to the hospital's audited financial statements, no additional |
| 27 | audited financial components may be required for the purposes of |
| 28 | determining the amount of the assessment imposed pursuant to |
| 29 | this section other than those in effect on July 1, 2000. Within |
| 30 | 6 months after the end of each hospital fiscal year, the agency |
| 31 | shall certify the amount of the assessment for each hospital. |
| 32 | The assessment shall be payable to and collected by the agency |
| 33 | in equal quarterly amounts, on or before the first day of each |
| 34 | calendar quarter, beginning with the first full calendar quarter |
| 35 | that occurs after the agency certifies the amount of the |
| 36 | assessment for each hospital. All moneys collected pursuant to |
| 37 | this subsection shall be deposited into the Public Medical |
| 38 | Assistance Trust Fund. This paragraph shall be repealed |
| 39 | effective July 1, 2007. |
| 40 | Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section |
| 41 | 395.7015, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (6) is |
| 42 | added to that section, to read: |
| 43 | 395.7015 Annual assessment on health care entities.-- |
| 44 | (2) There is imposed an annual assessment against certain |
| 45 | health care entities as described in this section: |
| 46 | (a) Effective July 1, 2006, the assessment shall be equal |
| 47 | to 0.5 1 percent of the annual net operating revenues of health |
| 48 | care entities. The assessment shall be payable to and collected |
| 49 | by the agency. Assessments shall be based on annual net |
| 50 | operating revenues for the entity's most recently completed |
| 51 | fiscal year as provided in subsection (3). |
| 52 | (6) This section shall be repealed effective July 1, 2007. |
| 53 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |