Senate Bill sb0652

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                   SB 652

    By Senator Fasano





    11-543-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Public Medical

  3         Assistance Trust Fund; amending s. 395.701,

  4         F.S.; providing certain specified time periods

  5         for imposing an annual assessment on hospitals

  6         in an amount equal to a certain percentage of

  7         the annual net operating revenue for outpatient

  8         services; amending s. 395.7015, F.S.; providing

  9         certain specified time periods for imposing an

10         annual assessment on health care entities equal

11         to a certain percentage of the annual net

12         operating revenue; providing an effective date.

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

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16         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section

17  395.701, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

18         395.701  Annual assessments on net operating revenues

19  for inpatient and outpatient services to fund public medical

20  assistance; administrative fines for failure to pay

21  assessments when due; exemption.--

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23         (b)  Effective July 1, 2006, there is imposed upon each

24  hospital an assessment in an amount equal to 0.5 1 percent of

25  the annual net operating revenue for outpatient services for

26  each hospital, the such revenue to be determined by the

27  agency, based on the actual experience of the hospital as

28  reported to the agency. While prior year report worksheets may

29  be reconciled to the hospital's audited financial statements,

30  no additional audited financial components may be required for

31  the purposes of determining the amount of the assessment

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 1  imposed pursuant to this section other than those in effect on

 2  July 1, 2000. Within 6 months after the end of each hospital

 3  fiscal year, the agency shall certify the amount of the

 4  assessment for each hospital. The assessment shall be payable

 5  to and collected by the agency in equal quarterly amounts, on

 6  or before the first day of each calendar quarter, beginning

 7  with the first full calendar quarter that occurs after the

 8  agency certifies the amount of the assessment for each

 9  hospital. All moneys collected pursuant to this subsection

10  shall be deposited into the Public Medical Assistance Trust

11  Fund. This subsection expires July 1, 2007.

12         Section 2.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section

13  395.7015, Florida Statutes, is amended, and subsection (6) is

14  added to that section, to read:

15         395.7015  Annual assessment on health care entities.--

16         (2)  There is imposed an annual assessment against

17  certain health care entities as described in this section:

18         (a)  The assessment shall be equal to 0.5 1 percent of

19  the annual net operating revenues of health care entities. The

20  assessment shall be payable to and collected by the agency.

21  Assessments shall be based on annual net operating revenues

22  for the entity's most recently completed fiscal year as

23  provided in subsection (3).

24         (6)  This section expires July 1, 2007.

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

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 3    Provides certain specified time periods for imposing an
      annual assessment on hospitals in an amount equal to a
 4    certain percentage of the annual net operating revenue
      for outpatient services. Provides certain specified time
 5    periods for imposing an annual assessment on health care
      entities equal to a certain percentage of the annual net
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