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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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     On line(s) 536, after the period,

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insert:

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This paragraph does not apply to a Medicare-certified home health

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agency that provides fair market value remuneration for staffing

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services to a non-Medicare-certified home health agency that is

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part of a continuing care facility licensed under chapter 651 for

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providing services to its own residents if each resident

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receiving home health services pursuant to this arrangement

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attests in writing that he or she made a decision without

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influence from staff of the facility to select, from a list of

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Medicare-certified home health agencies provided by the facility,

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that Medicare-certified home health agency to provide the

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services.

3/17/2008  8:52:00 AM     25-05064-08