((LATE FILED FOR: 4/25/2008 7:00:00 AM))Amendment
Bill No. CS/HB 267
Amendment No. 466733
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Kreegel offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Between lines 12 and 13, insert:
5     Section 1.  Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of subsection
6(4) of section 400.9905, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
7     400.9905  Definitions.--
8     (4)  "Clinic" means an entity at which health care services
9are provided to individuals and which tenders charges for
10reimbursement for such services, including a mobile clinic and a
11portable equipment provider. For purposes of this part, the term
12does not include and the licensure requirements of this part do
13not apply to:
14     (a)  Entities licensed or registered by the state under
15chapter 395; entities that provide oncology, radiation therapy,
16and urology services by physicians licensed under chapter 458 or
17chapter 459 that do not submit claims for reimbursement to
18insurers under ss. 627.730-627.7405; or entities licensed or
19registered by the state and providing only health care services
20within the scope of services authorized under their respective
21licenses granted under ss. 383.30-383.335, chapter 390, chapter
22394, chapter 397, this chapter except part X, chapter 429,
23chapter 463, chapter 465, chapter 466, chapter 478, part I of
24chapter 483, chapter 484, or chapter 651; end-stage renal
25disease providers authorized under 42 C.F.R. part 405, subpart
26U; or providers certified under 42 C.F.R. part 485, subpart B or
27subpart H; or any entity that provides neonatal or pediatric
28hospital-based health care services or other health care
29services by licensed practitioners solely within a hospital
30licensed under chapter 395.
31     (b)  Entities that own, directly or indirectly, entities
32licensed or registered by the state pursuant to chapter 395;
33entities that own, directly or indirectly, an entity that
34provides oncology, radiation therapy, and urology services by
35physicians licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 that do not
36submit claims for reimbursement to insurers under ss. 627.730-
37627.7405; or entities that own, directly or indirectly, entities
38licensed or registered by the state and providing only health
39care services within the scope of services authorized pursuant
40to their respective licenses granted under ss. 383.30-383.335,
41chapter 390, chapter 394, chapter 397, this chapter except part
42X, chapter 429, chapter 463, chapter 465, chapter 466, chapter
43478, part I of chapter 483, chapter 484, chapter 651; end-stage
44renal disease providers authorized under 42 C.F.R. part 405,
45subpart U; or providers certified under 42 C.F.R. part 485,
46subpart B or subpart H; or any entity that provides neonatal or
47pediatric hospital-based health care services by licensed
48practitioners solely within a hospital licensed under chapter
49395.
50     (c)  Entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, by an
51entity licensed or registered by the state pursuant to chapter
52395; entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, by an
53entity that provides oncology, radiation therapy, and urology
54services by physicians licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459
55that do not submit claims for reimbursement to insurers under
56ss. 627.730-627.7405; or entities that are owned, directly or
57indirectly, by an entity licensed or registered by the state and
58providing only health care services within the scope of services
59authorized pursuant to their respective licenses granted under
60ss. 383.30-383.335, chapter 390, chapter 394, chapter 397, this
61chapter except part X, chapter 429, chapter 463, chapter 465,
62chapter 466, chapter 478, part I of chapter 483, chapter 484, or
63chapter 651; end-stage renal disease providers authorized under
6442 C.F.R. part 405, subpart U; or providers certified under 42
65C.F.R. part 485, subpart B or subpart H; or any entity that
66provides neonatal or pediatric hospital-based health care
67services by licensed practitioners solely within a hospital
68under chapter 395.
69     (d)  Entities that are under common ownership, directly or
70indirectly, with an entity licensed or registered by the state
71pursuant to chapter 395; entities that are under common
72ownership, directly or indirectly, with an entity that provides
73oncology, radiation therapy, and urology services by physicians
74licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 that do not submit
75claims for reimbursement to insurers under ss. 627.730-627.7405;
76or entities that are under common ownership, directly or
77indirectly, with an entity licensed or registered by the state
78and providing only health care services within the scope of
79services authorized pursuant to their respective licenses
80granted under ss. 383.30-383.335, chapter 390, chapter 394,
81chapter 397, this chapter except part X, chapter 429, chapter
82463, chapter 465, chapter 466, chapter 478, part I of chapter
83483, chapter 484, or chapter 651; end-stage renal disease
84providers authorized under 42 C.F.R. part 405, subpart U; or
85providers certified under 42 C.F.R. part 485, subpart B or
86subpart H; or any entity that provides neonatal or pediatric
87hospital-based health care services by licensed practitioners
88solely within a hospital licensed under chapter 395.
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T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
92     Remove line 3 and insert:
93amending s. 400.9905, F.S.; redefining the term "clinic" for
94purposes of the Health Care Clinic Act to exclude from coverage
95under the act those entities providing oncology, radiation
96therapy, and urology services; amending s. 817.234, F.S.;
97providing penalties for


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