Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 490
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/13/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil
       Justice Appropriations (Thrasher) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 167 - 178
    4  and insert:
    5         (5) Absent a written agreement between the third-party
    6  provider and the governmental body, the remuneration made
    7  pursuant to subsection (4) must be paid by the governmental body
    8  at a rate not to exceed the following:
    9         (a) For emergency services and care, unrelated to an
   10  admission, provided by a hospital licensed under chapter 395, 75
   11  percent of the hospital’s billed charges;
   12         (b) For hospital inpatient services, other than emergency
   13  services and care, 110 percent of the Medicare Part A
   14  prospective payment applicable to the specific hospital
   15  providing the inpatient services;
   16         (c) For hospital outpatient services, other than emergency
   17  services and care, 110 percent of the Medicare Part A Ambulatory
   18  Payment Classification for the specific hospital providing the
   19  outpatient services; and
   20         (d) For hospitals reporting a negative operating margin for
   21  the previous year to the Agency for Health Care Administration
   22  through hospital-audited financial data, the payments in
   23  paragraphs (b) and (c) shall be 125 percent of the applicable
   24  Medicare prospective payment.