Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1198 Barcode 393116 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 01/31/2012 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Health Regulation (Diaz de la Portilla) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete line 175 4 and insert: 5 billed using surgical codes. This subsection does not apply to 6 hospitalists or other physicians who prescribe medically 7 necessary controlled substances for a patient during an 8 inpatient stay or while providing emergency services and care in 9 a hospital licensed under chapter 395. 10 11 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 12 And the title is amended as follows: 13 Delete line 14 14 and insert: 15 certified psychiatrists or rheumatologists or to 16 hospitalists or other physicians who prescribe 17 medically necessary controlled substances for a 18 patient during an inpatient stay or while providing 19 emergency services and care in a hospital licensed 20 under ch. 395, F.S.; amending