Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 490
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/13/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil
       Justice Appropriations (Smith) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 204 and 205
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. This act does not apply to a charter county that
    6  has a population of more than 1.7 million as of the most recent
    7  decennial census. A charter county that has two hospital
    8  districts within its geographical boundaries is not obligated to
    9  reimburse any third-party provider of medical care, treatment,
   10  hospitalization, or transportation for an in-custody pretrial
   11  detainee or sentenced inmate of a county detention facility at a
   12  rate exceeding the rate paid, as of July 1, 2011, for similar
   13  medical costs to such hospital districts, regardless of whether
   14  such reimbursement rate has been established and implemented by
   15  policy or practice or through a contractual arrangement. A
   16  charter county that has a county public hospital is not
   17  obligated to reimburse any third-party provider of medical care,
   18  treatment, hospitalization, or transportation for an in-custody
   19  pretrial detainee or sentenced inmate of a county detention
   20  facility at a rate exceeding the rate paid, as of July 1, 2011,
   21  for similar medical costs to private or not-for-profit hospitals
   22  located within the charter county, regardless of whether such
   23  reimbursement rate has been established and implemented by
   24  policy or practice or through a contractual arrangement.
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   26  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   27         And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 43
   29  and insert:
   30         custody pretrial detainees or sentenced inmates;
   31         providing that the act does not apply to certain
   32         counties; providing that certain charter counties are
   33         not obligated to reimburse any third-party provider of
   34         medical care, treatment, hospitalization, or
   35         transportation for an in-custody pretrial detainee or
   36         sentenced inmate of a county detention facility at a
   37         rate exceeding a particular rate for certain
   38         transportation or medical costs;