| 1 | Representative(s) Jennings offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | On page 6, between line(s) 24 and 25, |
| 5 | insert: |
| 6 | Section 4. No later than January 1, 2006, the Office of |
| 7 | Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, in |
| 8 | consultation with the Agency for Health Care Administration, |
| 9 | shall submit a report to the Legislature analyzing the impact of |
| 10 | hospices on the delivery of care to terminally ill patients. The |
| 11 | Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability |
| 12 | shall consult with appropriate legislative committees to |
| 13 | identify issues to address from among the following: |
| 14 | (1) A comprehensive statistical analysis of hospice care |
| 15 | in this state from January 1, 1999, to June 30, 2005. |
| 16 | (2) A comprehensive analysis of the scope of services |
| 17 | provided by hospices in this state and a comparison of those |
| 18 | services to the minimum service requirements of Medicare and |
| 19 | Medicaid. |
| 20 | (3) An analysis of hospice service areas and penetration |
| 21 | rates of hospice services by hospice service area, including a |
| 22 | discussion of reasons for the existence of regional monopolies. |
| 23 | (4) An analysis of the services provided to and quality of |
| 24 | care experienced by patients of for-profit hospices in this |
| 25 | state and other states. |
| 26 | (5) An analysis of potential changes in the competitive |
| 27 | marketplace in this state which may be produced by the |
| 28 | introduction of additional for-profit hospices. |
| 29 | (6) An analysis of the effect that the presence of for- |
| 30 | profit hospices has had on hospice service delivery and quality |
| 31 | in other states. |
| 32 | (7) The projected cost of an introduction of additional |
| 33 | for-profit hospices in this state to the Medicaid program. |
| 34 | (8) Any other relevant information. |
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| 38 | On page 1, line 24, |
| 39 | remove: all of said line |
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| 41 | and insert: Licensure Compact; requiring the Office of Program |
| 42 | Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to submit a report |
| 43 | relating to hospice care; providing issues to be addressed in |
| 44 | the report; providing an effective date. |