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Florida Senate - 2006 SB 652
By Senator Fasano
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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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