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Senator Baker moved the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between lines 627 and 628,

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insert:

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     Section 13.  Paragraph (l) of subsection (4) of section

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400.9905, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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     400.9905  Definitions.--

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     (4)  "Clinic" means an entity at which health care services

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are provided to individuals and which tenders charges for

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reimbursement for such services, including a mobile clinic and a

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portable equipment provider. For purposes of this part, the term

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does not include and the licensure requirements of this part do

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not apply to:

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     (l) Orthotic or prosthetic, pediatric cardiology, or

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maternal fetal medicine clinical facilities that are a publicly

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traded corporation or that are wholly owned, directly or

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indirectly, by a publicly traded corporation. As used in this

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paragraph, a publicly traded corporation is a corporation that

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issues securities traded on an exchange registered with the

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United States Securities and Exchange Commission as a national

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securities exchange.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line 55, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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amending s. 400.9905, F.S.; providing that, for purposes of

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the Health Care Clinic Act and the licensure requirements of

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that act, the definition of the term "clinic" does not apply

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to pediatric cardiology or maternal fetal medicine clinical

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facilities;

4/23/2008  3:08:00 PM     20-08490-08