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The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Atwater) recommended the

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following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment

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     Delete line(s) 432-436

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and insert:

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the home health agency is to be located. When the number of

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applications received for a geographic service area exceeds the

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number of applications authorized to be accepted for processing

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in paragraph (a), the agency shall use a lottery system to select

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the applications to be accepted for processing for that

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geographic service area as follows:

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     1. A number shall be assigned to each application received

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for that geographic service area.

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     2. For each geographic service area, the agency shall put

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the numbers assigned to each application in an opaque container.

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     3. The agency shall select the applicable quantity of

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numbers for that geographic service area without viewing the

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contents of the container.

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     4. The application that corresponds to the selected number

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shall be accepted for processing.

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The selection of applications to be accepted for processing must

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be a public process conducted in Tallahassee and noticed for a

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date during the first 6 through 10 business days of the calendar

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quarter.

3/17/2008  8:44:00 AM     25-05066-08