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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                Bill No. CS/HB 507
    Amendment No. 5 (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Fasano offered the following:
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13         Amendment to Amendment (121137) (with title amendment) 
14         On page 105, between lines 24 & 25,
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17         Section 101.  Subsection (2) of section 395.701,
18  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         395.701  Annual assessments on net operating revenues
20  for inpatient and outpatient services to fund public medical
21  assistance; administrative fines for failure to pay
22  assessments when due; exemption.--
23         (2)(a)  There is imposed upon each hospital an
24  assessment in an amount equal to 1.5 percent of the annual net
25  operating revenue for inpatient services for each hospital,
26  such revenue to be determined by the agency, based on the
27  actual experience of the hospital as reported to the agency.
28  Within 6 months after the end of each hospital fiscal year,
29  the agency shall certify the amount of the assessment for each
30  hospital.  The assessment shall be payable to and collected by
31  the agency in equal quarterly amounts, on or before the first
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  1  day of each calendar quarter, beginning with the first full
  2  calendar quarter that occurs after the agency certifies the
  3  amount of the assessment for each hospital. All moneys
  4  collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited into
  5  the Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund.
  6         (b)  There is imposed upon each hospital an assessment
  7  in an amount equal to .75 1 percent of the annual net
  8  operating revenue for outpatient services for each hospital,
  9  such revenue to be determined by the agency, based on the
10  actual experience of the hospital as reported to the agency.
11  While prior year report worksheets may be reconciled to the
12  hospital's audited financial statements, no additional audited
13  financial components may be required for the purposes of
14  determining the amount of the assessment imposed pursuant to
15  this section other than those in effect on July 1, 2000.
16  Within 6 months after the end of each hospital fiscal year,
17  the agency shall certify the amount of the assessment for each
18  hospital. The assessment shall be payable to and collected by
19  the agency in equal quarterly amounts, on or before the first
20  day of each calendar quarter, beginning with the first full
21  calendar quarter that occurs after the agency certifies the
22  amount of the assessment for each hospital. All moneys
23  collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited into
24  the Public Medical Assistance Trust Fund.
25         Section 102.  Subsection (2) of section 395.7015,,
26  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
27         395.7015  Annual assessment on health care entities.--
28         (2)  There is imposed an annual assessment against
29  certain health care entities as described in this section:
30         (a)  The assessment shall be equal to .75 1 percent of
31  the annual net operating revenues of health care entities. The
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  1  assessment shall be payable to and collected by the agency.
  2  Assessments shall be based on annual net operating revenues
  3  for the entity's most recently completed fiscal year as
  4  provided in subsection (3).
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  8  And the title is amended as follows:
  9         On page 116, line 7, of the amendment, after ";"
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12         amending ss. 395.701 and 395.7015, F.S.;
13         reducing the Public Medical Assistance Trust
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