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Florida Senate - 2002 SB 388
By Senator Saunders
25-55A-02 See HB
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to public medical assistance;
3 amending s. 395.701, F.S.; removing the annual
4 assessment on hospital outpatient services to
5 fund public medical assistance; repealing s.
6 395.7015, F.S., which provides for an annual
7 assessment on certain other health care
8 entities to fund public medical assistance;
9 amending s. 395.7016, F.S., which provides for
10 annual appropriations to replace funds lost due
11 to reductions made by ch. 2000-256, Laws of
12 Florida, to remove reductions in the assessment
13 under s. 395.7015, F.S.; providing an effective
14 date.
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16 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 395.701, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 395.701 Annual assessments on net operating revenues
21 for inpatient and outpatient services to fund public medical
22 assistance; administrative fines for failure to pay
23 assessments when due; exemption.--
24 (2)(a) There is imposed upon each hospital an
25 assessment in an amount equal to 1.5 percent of the annual net
26 operating revenue for inpatient services for each hospital,
27 such revenue to be determined by the agency, based on the
28 actual experience of the hospital as reported to the agency.
29 Within 6 months after the end of each hospital fiscal year,
30 the agency shall certify the amount of the assessment for each
31 hospital. The assessment shall be payable to and collected by
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1 the agency in equal quarterly amounts, on or before the first
2 day of each calendar quarter, beginning with the first full
3 calendar quarter that occurs after the agency certifies the
4 amount of the assessment for each hospital. All moneys
5 collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited into
6 the Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund.
7 (b) There is imposed upon each hospital an assessment
8 in an amount equal to 1 percent of the annual net operating
9 revenue for outpatient services for each hospital, such
10 revenue to be determined by the agency, based on the actual
11 experience of the hospital as reported to the agency. While
12 prior year report worksheets may be reconciled to the
13 hospital's audited financial statements, no additional audited
14 financial components may be required for the purposes of
15 determining the amount of the assessment imposed pursuant to
16 this section other than those in effect on July 1, 2000.
17 Within 6 months after the end of each hospital fiscal year,
18 the agency shall certify the amount of the assessment for each
19 hospital. The assessment shall be payable to and collected by
20 the agency in equal quarterly amounts, on or before the first
21 day of each calendar quarter, beginning with the first full
22 calendar quarter that occurs after the agency certifies the
23 amount of the assessment for each hospital. All moneys
24 collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited into
25 the Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund.
26 Section 2. Section 395.7015, Florida Statutes, is
27 repealed.
28 Section 3. Section 395.7016, Florida Statutes, is
29 amended to read:
30 395.7016 Annual appropriation.--The Legislature shall
31 appropriate each fiscal year from either the General Revenue
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1 Fund or the Agency for Health Care Administration Tobacco
2 Settlement Trust Fund an amount sufficient to replace the
3 funds lost due to reduction by chapter 2000-256, Laws of
4 Florida, of the assessment on other health care entities under
5 s. 395.7015, and the reduction by chapter 2000-256 in the
6 assessment on hospitals under s. 395.701, and to maintain
7 federal approval of the reduced amount of funds deposited into
8 the Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund under s. 395.701, as
9 state match for the state's Medicaid program.
10 Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
11 law.
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Removes the annual assessments on hospital outpatient
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public medical assistance.
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