Florida Senate - 2014                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 2512
       
       
       
       
       
       
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 232 - 238
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 7. Effective upon this act becoming a law,
    6  paragraph (d) of subsection (1) and subsection (7) of section
    7  409.975, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    8         409.975 Managed care plan accountability.—In addition to
    9  the requirements of s. 409.967, plans and providers
   10  participating in the managed medical assistance program shall
   11  comply with the requirements of this section.
   12         (1) PROVIDER NETWORKS.—Managed care plans must develop and
   13  maintain provider networks that meet the medical needs of their
   14  enrollees in accordance with standards established pursuant to
   15  s. 409.967(2)(c). Except as provided in this section, managed
   16  care plans may limit the providers in their networks based on
   17  credentials, quality indicators, and price.
   18         (d) Each managed care plan must offer a network contract to
   19  each home medical equipment and supplies provider in the region
   20  which meets quality and fraud prevention and detection standards
   21  established by the plan and which agrees to accept the lowest
   22  price previously negotiated between the plan and another such
   23  provider.
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   25  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   26  And the title is amended as follows:
   27         Delete line 18
   28  and insert:
   29         requirement that a managed care plan offer a network
   30         contract to home medical equipment and supplies
   31         providers that contains certain provisions, and that a
   32         managed care plan accept certain