Florida Senate - 2012                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1292
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Floor: WD            .                                
             03/09/2012 05:47 PM       .                                
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       Senator Benacquisto moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 222 and 223
    4  insert:
    5         Section 5. Paragraphs (m) and (n) are added to subsection
    6  (4) of section 400.9905, Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         400.9905 Definitions.—
    8         (4) “Clinic” means an entity at which health care services
    9  are provided to individuals and which tenders charges for
   10  reimbursement for such services, including a mobile clinic and a
   11  portable equipment provider. For purposes of this part, the term
   12  does not include and the licensure requirements of this part do
   13  not apply to:
   14         (m) Entities that are owned by a corporation that has $250
   15  million or more in total annual sales of health care services
   16  provided by licensed health care practitioners where one or more
   17  of the owners is a health care practitioner who is licensed in
   18  this state and who is responsible for supervising the business
   19  activities of the entity and is legally responsible for the
   20  entity’s compliance with state law for purposes of this part.
   21         (n) Entities that employ 50 or more licensed health care
   22  practitioners licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 where
   23  the billing for medical services is under a single tax
   24  identification number, the application for exemption under this
   25  subsection shall contain information that includes: the name,
   26  residence and business address and phone number of the entity
   27  that owns the practice; a complete list of the names and contact
   28  information of all the officers and directors of the
   29  corporation; the name, residence address, business address and
   30  medical license number of each licensed Florida health care
   31  practitioner employed by the entity; the corporate tax
   32  identification number of the entity seeking an exemption; a
   33  listing of health care services to be provided by the entity at
   34  the health care clinics owned or operated by the entity and a
   35  certified statement prepared by an independent certified public
   36  accountant which states that the entity and the health care
   37  clinics owned or operated by the entity have not received
   38  payment for health care services under personal injury
   39  protection insurance coverage for the preceding year. If the
   40  agency determines that an entity which is exempt under this
   41  subsection has received payments for medical services under
   42  personal injury protection insurance coverage the agency may
   43  deny or revoke the exemption from licensure under this
   44  subsection.
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   46  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   47         And the title is amended as follows:
   48         Delete line 20
   49  and insert:
   50         services; providing that the licensure requirements of
   51         part X of ch. 400, F.S., do not apply to certain
   52         specified entities; providing that the Agency for
   53         Health Care Administration may deny or revoke the
   54         exemption from the licensure requirements under
   55         certain circumstances; amending s. 408.036, F.S.;
   56         adding to the