HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-08                                 Bill No. CS/CS/CS/HB 71

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Lacasa offered the following:

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13         Amendment 

14         On page 4, lines 15 through 24,

15  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         2.  The plan and subsequent amendments to it shall fund

19  a defined range of health care services for both indigent

20  persons and the medically poor, including primary care,

21  preventive care, hospital emergency room care, and hospital

22  care necessary to stabilize the patient. For the purposes of

23  this section, "stabilization" means stabilization as defined

24  in s. 397.311(30). Where consistent with these objectives, the

25  plan may include services rendered by physicians, clinics,

26  community hospitals, and alternative delivery sites, as well

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