Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1736
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/22/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Regulation (Latvala) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 481 and 482
    4  insert:
    5         Section 8. Subsection (3) of section 395.0161, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         395.0161 Licensure inspection.—
    8         (3) In accordance with s. 408.805, an applicant or licensee
    9  shall pay a fee for each license application submitted under
   10  this part, part II of chapter 408, and applicable rules. With
   11  the exception of state-operated licensed facilities, each
   12  facility licensed under this part shall pay to the agency, at
   13  the time of inspection, the following fees:
   14         (a) Inspection for licensure.—A fee shall be paid which is
   15  not less than $8 per hospital bed, nor more than $12 per
   16  hospital bed, except that the minimum fee shall be $400 per
   17  facility.
   18         (b) Inspection for lifesafety only.—A fee shall be paid
   19  which is not less than 75 cents per hospital bed, nor more than
   20  $1.50 per hospital bed, except that the minimum fee shall be $40
   21  per facility.
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   24         And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete line 15
   26  and insert:
   27         provision; conforming a cross-reference; amending s.
   28         395.0161, F.S.; deleting a requirement that facilities
   29         licensed under part I of ch. 395, F.S., pay licensing
   30         fees at the time of inspection; amending s.