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¹409.9119  Disproportionate share program for ²specialty hospitals for children.--In addition to the payments made under s. 409.911, the Agency for Health Care Administration shall develop and implement a system under which disproportionate share payments are made to those hospitals that are licensed by the state as ²specialty hospitals for children ³and were licensed on January 1, 2000, as ²specialty hospitals for children. This system of payments must conform to federal requirements and must distribute funds in each fiscal year for which an appropriation is made by making quarterly Medicaid payments. Notwithstanding s. 409.915, counties are exempt from contributing toward the cost of this special reimbursement for hospitals that serve a disproportionate share of low-income patients.

(1)  The agency shall use the following formula to calculate the total amount earned for hospitals that participate in the ²specialty hospital for children disproportionate share program:

TAE = total amount earned by a ²specialty hospital for children.

DSR = disproportionate share rate.

BMPD = base Medicaid per diem.

MD = Medicaid days.

(2)  The agency shall calculate the total additional payment for hospitals that participate in the ²specialty hospital for children disproportionate share program as follows:

TAP = total additional payment for a ²specialty hospital for children.

TAE = total amount earned by a ²specialty hospital for children.

TA = total appropriation for the ²specialty hospital for children disproportionate share program.

STAE = sum of total amount earned by each hospital that participates in the ²specialty hospital for children disproportionate share program.

(3)  A hospital may not receive any payments under this section until it achieves full compliance with the applicable rules of the agency. A hospital that is not in compliance for two or more consecutive quarters may not receive its share of the funds. Any forfeited funds must be distributed to the remaining participating ²specialty hospitals for children that are in compliance.

History.--s. 18, ch. 2000-163; ss. 16, 66, ch. 2000-171; s. 55, ch. 2000-256.

¹Note.--

A.  Section 66, ch. 2000-171, provides that "[i]f any other act passed during the 2000 Regular Session of the Legislature or any extension thereof contains a provision that is substantively the same as a provision in this act, but that removes or is otherwise not subject to the future repeal applied to such provision by this act, the Legislature intends that the provision in the other act shall take precedence and shall continue to operate, notwithstanding the future repeal provided by this act."

B.  As enacted by s. 18, ch. 2000-163. Section 16, ch. 2000-171, also created s. 409.9119, "[i]n order to implement Specific Appropriation 234A of the 2000-2001 General Appropriations Act," and provides for the repeal of s. 409.9119, effective July 1, 2001.

²Note.--As enacted by s. 18, ch. 2000-163, and s. 16, ch. 2000-171. As enacted by s. 55, ch. 2000-256, the referenced hospitals are termed "children's hospitals."

³Note.--As enacted by s. 18, ch. 2000-163, and s. 16, ch. 2000-171. The text "and were licensed on January 1, 2000, as specialty hospitals for children" was not included in the s. 55, ch. 2000-256, version.