| 1 | Representative Adams offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. Section 945.6041, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 6 | to read: |
| 7 | 945.6041 Inmate medical services.-- |
| 8 | (1) As used in this section, the term: |
| 9 | (a) "Emergency medical transportation services" includes, |
| 10 | but is not limited to, services rendered by ambulances, |
| 11 | emergency medical services vehicles, and air ambulances as those |
| 12 | terms are defined in s. 401.23. |
| 13 | (b) "Health care provider" has the same meaning as |
| 14 | provided in s. 766.105. |
| 15 | (2)(a) If no contract for the provision of inmate medical |
| 16 | services exists between the department and a health care |
| 17 | provider or between a private correctional facility, as defined |
| 18 | in s. 944.710, and a health care provider, compensation for such |
| 19 | services may not exceed 110 percent of the Medicare allowable |
| 20 | rate. |
| 21 | (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), if no contract for the |
| 22 | provision of inmate medical services exists between the |
| 23 | department and a health care provider or between a private |
| 24 | correctional facility, as defined in s. 944.710, and a health |
| 25 | care provider that reported to the Agency for Health Care |
| 26 | Administration, through hospital-audited financial data, a |
| 27 | negative operating margin for the previous year, compensation |
| 28 | for such services may not exceed 125 percent of the Medicare |
| 29 | allowable rate. |
| 30 | (3) If no contract for emergency medical transportation |
| 31 | services exists between the department and an entity that |
| 32 | provides emergency medical transportation services or between a |
| 33 | private correctional facility, as defined in s. 944.710, and an |
| 34 | entity that provides emergency medical transportation services, |
| 35 | compensation for such services may not exceed 110 percent of the |
| 36 | Medicare allowable rate. |
| 37 | (4) This section is not applicable to charges for medical |
| 38 | services provided at any hospital operated by the department. |
| 39 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |
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| 42 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 43 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 44 | A bill to be entitled |
| 45 | An act relating to inmate medical expenses; creating s. |
| 46 | 945.6041, F.S.; providing definitions; providing limits on |
| 47 | reimbursement for certain inmate medical expenses when |
| 48 | there is no contract between the Department of Corrections |
| 49 | or a private correctional facility and the health care |
| 50 | provider or provider of emergency medical transportation |
| 51 | services; providing an effective date. |