House Bill hb1375e2

                                     HB 1375, Second Engrossed/ntc



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to home medical equipment

  3         providers; amending s. 400.925, F.S.;

  4         eliminating the regulation of certain home

  5         medical equipment by the Agency for Health Care

  6         Administration; providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (8) of section 400.925, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         400.925  Definitions.--As used in this part, the term:

13         (8)  "Home medical equipment" includes any product as

14  defined by the Federal Drug Administration's Drugs, Devices

15  and Cosmetics Act, any products reimbursed under the Medicare

16  Part B Durable Medical Equipment benefits, or any products

17  reimbursed under the Florida Medicaid durable medical

18  equipment program. Home medical equipment includes, but is not

19  limited to, oxygen and related respiratory equipment; manual,

20  motorized, or. Home medical equipment includes customized

21  wheelchairs and related seating and positioning, but does not

22  include prosthetics or orthotics or any splints, braces, or

23  aids custom fabricated by a licensed health care practitioner.

24  Home medical equipment includes assistive technology devices,

25  including: manual wheelchairs, motorized wheelchairs,

26  motorized scooters, voice-synthesized computer modules,

27  optical scanners, talking software, braille printers,

28  environmental control devices for use by person with

29  quadriplegia, motor vehicle adaptive transportation aids,

30  devices that enable persons with severe speech disabilities to

31  in effect speak, personal transfer systems and specialty beds,


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                                     HB 1375, Second Engrossed/ntc



  1  including demonstrator, for use by a person with a medical

  2  need.

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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