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                              | HOUSE AMENDMENT |  
                              | Bill No. HB 1105 CS |  |  | 
                
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                | 12 | Representative Murman offered the following: | 
              
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                | 14 | Amendment | 
              
                | 15 | Remove line(s) 416-435, and insert: | 
              
                | 16 | (q) (p)For the addition of nursing home beds licensed | 
              
                | 17 | under chapter 400 in a number not exceeding 10 total beds or 10 | 
              
                | 18 | percent of the number of beds licensed in the facility being | 
              
                | 19 | expanded, whichever is greater. | 
              
                | 20 | 1.  In addition to any other documentation required by the | 
              
                | 21 | agency, a request for exemption submitted under this paragraph | 
              
                | 22 | must: | 
              
                | 23 | a. Effective until June 30, 2001,Certify that the | 
              
                | 24 | facility has not had any class I or class II deficiencies within | 
              
                | 25 | the 30 months preceding the request for addition. | 
              
                | 26 | b.  Effective on July 1, 2001, certify that the facility  | 
              
                | 27 | has been designated as a Gold Seal nursing home under s.  | 
              
                | 28 | 400.235.
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                | 29 | b. c.Certify that the prior 12-month average occupancy | 
              
                | 30 | rate for the nursing home beds at the facility meets or exceeds | 
              
                | 31 | 96 percent. | 
              
                | 32 | c. d.Certify that any beds authorized for the facility | 
              
                | 33 | under this paragraph before the date of the current request for | 
              
                | 34 | an exemption have been licensed and operational for at least 12 | 
              
                | 35 | months. |