Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for HB 787
       
       
       
       
       
       
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               Floor: 1b/AD/2R         .            Floor: C            
             03/09/2012 07:53 PM       .      03/10/2012 12:02 AM       
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       Senator Benacquisto moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (109490) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 1141 and 1142
    5  insert:
    6         Section 34. Paragraphs (m) and (n) are added to subsection
    7  (4) of section 400.9905, Florida Statutes, to read:
    8         400.9905 Definitions.—
    9         (4) “Clinic” means an entity at which health care services
   10  are provided to individuals and which tenders charges for
   11  reimbursement for such services, including a mobile clinic and a
   12  portable equipment provider. For purposes of this part, the term
   13  does not include and the licensure requirements of this part do
   14  not apply to:
   15         (m) Entities that are owned by a corporation that has $250
   16  million or more in total annual sales of health care services
   17  provided by licensed health care practitioners where one or more
   18  of the owners is a health care practitioner who is licensed in
   19  this state and who is responsible for supervising the business
   20  activities of the entity and is legally responsible for the
   21  entity’s compliance with state law for purposes of this part.
   22         (n) Entities that employ 50 or more licensed health care
   23  practitioners licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 where
   24  the billing for medical services is under a single tax
   25  identification number, the application for exemption under this
   26  subsection shall contain information that includes: the name,
   27  residence and business address and phone number of the entity
   28  that owns the practice; a complete list of the names and contact
   29  information of all the officers and directors of the
   30  corporation; the name, residence address, business address and
   31  medical license number of each licensed Florida health care
   32  practitioner employed by the entity; the corporate tax
   33  identification number of the entity seeking an exemption; a
   34  listing of health care services to be provided by the entity at
   35  the health care clinics owned or operated by the entity and a
   36  certified statement prepared by an independent certified public
   37  accountant which states that the entity and the health care
   38  clinics owned or operated by the entity have not received
   39  payment for health care services under personal injury
   40  protection insurance coverage for the preceding year. If the
   41  agency determines that an entity which is exempt under this
   42  subsection has received payments for medical services under
   43  personal injury protection insurance coverage the agency may
   44  deny or revoke the exemption from licensure under this
   45  subsection.
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   47  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   48         And the title is amended as follows:
   49         Delete line 1323
   50  and insert:
   51         provisions to changes made by the act; providing that
   52         the licensure requirements of part X of ch. 400, F.S.,
   53         do not apply to certain specified entities; providing
   54         that the Agency for Health Care Administration may
   55         deny or revoke the exemption from the licensure
   56         requirements under certain circumstances; providing an
   57         effective date.