HB 5113

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

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