Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 322
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/15/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Stargel) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    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 retail price
   11  that a provider or supplier routinely charges a person for
   12  services or goods before application of a discount, rebate, or
   13  supplemental plan. Charity care, uninsured discounts, or free
   14  goods or services that are provided to a person based on the
   15  person’s uninsured status, indigent status, or financial
   16  hardship may not be considered in determining the usual and
   17  customary charge.
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   20  And the title is amended as follows:
   21         Delete lines 2 - 3
   22  and insert:
   23         An act relating to Medicaid; amending s. 409.901,
   24         F.S.; defining the term “usual and customary charge”;
   25         amending s. 409.908, F.S.; requiring the