Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2-B
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11  The Committee on Ways and Means (Campbell) recommended the
12  following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 42, between lines 14 and 15,
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18         Section 7.  Broward County Medicaid Authority;
19  creation; membership; powers.--
20         (1)  The Broward County Medicaid Authority is created
21  for the purpose of periodically reviewing the progress of
22  implementing the Medicaid managed care pilot program in
23  Broward County under s. 409.91211, Florida Statutes.
24         (2)  The Agency for Health Care Administration is
25  required to report to the authority, as requested by the
26  authority, on the status, plans, and issues of implementing
27  the Medicaid managed care pilot program.
28         (3)  The authority shall host quarterly public hearings
29  to hear public testimony from Broward County residents on the
30  effects of the Medicaid managed care pilot program.
31         (4)  The authority shall submit its findings and
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    Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2-B
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 1  recommendations to the Legislature.
 2         (5)  The authority is composed of six members and must
 3  include a county commissioner appointed by the chair of the
 4  Broward County Commission, a judge appointed by the Chief
 5  Judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, a member of the
 6  Senate Broward County delegation appointed by the President of
 7  the Senate, a member of the House of Representatives' Broward
 8  County delegation appointed by the Speaker of the House of
 9  Representatives, and a medical doctor and a hospital
10  representative each appointed by the chair of the Broward
11  County Commission.
12         (6)  The Broward County Medicaid Authority is abolished
13  6 months after the Medicaid managed care pilot program is
14  terminated.
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16  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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20  And the title is amended as follows:
21         On page 3, line 18, following the semicolon
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24         creating the Broward County Medicaid Authority
25         to review the progress of implementing the
26         Medicaid managed care pilot program in the
27         county; providing its membership and
28         responsibilities; requiring reports; providing
29         for the authority's termination;
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