Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1254
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/02/2014           .                                
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 434 and 435
    4  insert:
    5         Section 5. Subsection (7) of section 400.474, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         400.474 Administrative penalties.—
    8         (7) A home health agency shall electronically submit to the
    9  agency, within 15 days after the end of each calendar quarter, a
   10  written report for each 6-month period ending March 31 and
   11  September 30.
   12         (a) Each report must include that includes the following
   13  data as it they existed on the last day of the reporting period
   14  quarter:
   15         1.(a) The number of insulin-dependent diabetic patients who
   16  receive insulin-injection services from the home health agency.
   17         2.(b) The number of patients who receive both home health
   18  services from the home health agency and hospice services.
   19         3.(c) The number of patients who receive home health
   20  services from the home health agency.
   21         4.(d) The name and license number of each nurse whose
   22  primary job responsibility is to provide home health services to
   23  patients and who received remuneration from the home health
   24  agency in excess of $50,000 $25,000 during the reporting period
   25  calendar quarter.
   26         (b) If the home health agency fails to submit the written
   27  quarterly report within 15 days after the end of the applicable
   28  reporting period each calendar quarter, the agency for Health
   29  Care Administration shall impose a fine of $200 per day against
   30  the home health agency in the amount of $200 per day until the
   31  agency for Health Care Administration receives the report,
   32  except that the total fine imposed pursuant to this subsection
   33  may not exceed $5,000 per reporting period quarter. A home
   34  health agency is exempt from submission of the report and the
   35  imposition of the fine if it is not a Medicaid or Medicare
   36  provider or if it does not share a controlling interest with a
   37  licensee, as defined in s. 408.803, which bills the Florida
   38  Medicaid program or the Medicare program.
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   40  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   41  And the title is amended as follows:
   42         Delete line 30
   43  and insert:
   44         procurement program; amending s. 400.474, F.S.;
   45         revising the report requirements for home health
   46         agencies; creating s. 400.9141, F.S.; limiting