Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 322
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/15/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Stargel) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 31
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (29) is added to section 409.901,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         409.901 Definitions; ss. 409.901-409.920.—As used in ss.
    8  409.901-409.920, except as otherwise specifically provided, the
    9  term:
   10         (29) “Usual and customary charge” means the amount a
   11  provider usually bills an uninsured person for services or goods
   12  before application of a discount or supplemental plan.
   13         Section 2. The amendment made by this act to s. 409.901,
   14  Florida Statutes, confirms and clarifies existing law.
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   17  And the title is amended as follows:
   18         Delete lines 2 - 3
   19  and insert:
   20         An act relating to Medicaid; amending s. 409.901,
   21         F.S.; defining the term “usual and customary charge”;
   22         providing that the act’s amendment to s. 409.901,
   23         F.S., is intended to confirm and clarify existing law;
   24         amending s. 409.908, F.S.; requiring the