Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 2286
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/21/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Haridopolos) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (472828) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 2181 and 2182
    5  insert:
    6         Section 39. Paragraph (l) of subsection (4) of section
    7  400.9905, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (m) is
    8  added to that subsection, to read:
    9         400.9905 Definitions.—
   10         (4) “Clinic” means an entity at which health care services
   11  are provided to individuals and which tenders charges for
   12  reimbursement for such services, including a mobile clinic and a
   13  portable equipment provider. For purposes of this part, the term
   14  does not include and the licensure requirements of this part do
   15  not apply to:
   16         (l) Orthotic, or prosthetic, pediatric cardiological, or
   17  perinatological clinical facilities that are a publicly traded
   18  corporation or that are wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by
   19  a publicly traded corporation. As used in this paragraph, a
   20  publicly traded corporation is a corporation that issues
   21  securities traded on an exchange registered with the United
   22  States Securities and Exchange Commission as a national
   23  securities exchange.
   24         (m) Entities that do not seek reimbursement from insurance
   25  companies for medical services paid pursuant to personal injury
   26  protection coverage required by s. 627.736, bodily injury
   27  liability coverage, personal liability umbrella coverage, or
   28  uninsured motorist coverage.
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   30  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   31         And the title is amended as follows:
   32         Delete line 3384
   33  and insert:
   34         the eating assistance provided to residents; amending
   35         s. 400.9905, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
   36         “clinic” as it relates to the Health Care Clinic Act;
   37         excluding certain entities from the definition and
   38         from licensure requirements of the act; amending