Florida Senate - 2011 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 490 Barcode 369762 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 04/13/2011 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice Appropriations (Smith) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 204 and 205 4 insert: 5 Section 3. This act does not apply to a charter county that 6 has a population of more than 1.7 million as of the most recent 7 decennial census. A charter county that has two hospital 8 districts within its geographical boundaries is not obligated to 9 reimburse any third-party provider of medical care, treatment, 10 hospitalization, or transportation for an in-custody pretrial 11 detainee or sentenced inmate of a county detention facility at a 12 rate exceeding the rate paid, as of July 1, 2011, for similar 13 medical costs to such hospital districts, regardless of whether 14 such reimbursement rate has been established and implemented by 15 policy or practice or through a contractual arrangement. A 16 charter county that has a county public hospital is not 17 obligated to reimburse any third-party provider of medical care, 18 treatment, hospitalization, or transportation for an in-custody 19 pretrial detainee or sentenced inmate of a county detention 20 facility at a rate exceeding the rate paid, as of July 1, 2011, 21 for similar medical costs to private or not-for-profit hospitals 22 located within the charter county, regardless of whether such 23 reimbursement rate has been established and implemented by 24 policy or practice or through a contractual arrangement. 25 26 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 27 And the title is amended as follows: 28 Delete line 43 29 and insert: 30 custody pretrial detainees or sentenced inmates; 31 providing that the act does not apply to certain 32 counties; providing that certain charter counties are 33 not obligated to reimburse any third-party provider of 34 medical care, treatment, hospitalization, or 35 transportation for an in-custody pretrial detainee or 36 sentenced inmate of a county detention facility at a 37 rate exceeding a particular rate for certain 38 transportation or medical costs;