| 1 | Representative Farkas offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | On page 4, between lines 23 and 24, insert: |
| 5 | Section 5. The Agency for Health Care Administration shall |
| 6 | conduct a study of the statutory requirement that hospices |
| 7 | licensed in the state be operated by not for profit |
| 8 | corporations. The study shall include an evaluation of the |
| 9 | effects on quality, availability and accessibility of hospice |
| 10 | programs in competitive markets where for profit programs are |
| 11 | operated. The agency shall report to the Speaker of the House of |
| 12 | Representatives and the President of the Senate by January 1,n |
| 13 | 2005 and make recommendations for statutory changes, if |
| 14 | necessary. |
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| 18 | On page 1, line(s) 16, after the semicolon, insert: |
| 19 | requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to conduct a |
| 20 | study of a requirement that state licensed hospices be operated |
| 21 | by not-for-profit corporations; providing study requirements; |
| 22 | requiring a report; |