Bill Amendment: FL S2502 | 2017 | Regular Session
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Implementing the 2017-2018 General Appropriations Act
Status: 2017-06-05 - Chapter No. 2017-71, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 865 (Ch. 2017-42), SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70) [S2502 Detail]
Download: Florida-2017-S2502-Senate_Floor_Amendment_506556.html
Bill Title: Implementing the 2017-2018 General Appropriations Act
Status: 2017-06-05 - Chapter No. 2017-71, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 865 (Ch. 2017-42), SB 2500 (Ch. 2017-70) [S2502 Detail]
Download: Florida-2017-S2502-Senate_Floor_Amendment_506556.html
Florida Senate - 2017 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2502 Ì506556=Î506556 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senators Garcia and Lee moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 547 and 548 4 insert: 5 Section 12. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 6 198, 203, and 207 of the 2017-2018 General Appropriations Act 7 and consistent with s. 409.017, Florida Statutes, and subject to 8 federal authorization and the availability of intergovernmental 9 transfer (IGT) funds, the Agency for Health Care Administration 10 is authorized to make Medicaid payments to qualifying Florida 11 cancer hospitals that meet the criteria in 42 U.S.C. s. 12 1395ww(d)(1)(B)(v) on a cost basis. Once federal approval is 13 granted and IGT funds are available, the agency is authorized to 14 submit budget amendments requesting the authority for this 15 funding and the release of funds pursuant to the provisions of 16 chapter 216, Florida Statutes. Any release of the funds shall 17 include a plan for how the funds will be dispersed for the 18 purposes specified in this section. This section expires July 1, 19 2018. 20 21 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 22 And the title is amended as follows: 23 Between lines 37 and 38 24 insert: 25 authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration 26 to make Medicaid payments to qualifying Florida cancer 27 hospitals if certain conditions are met; authorizing 28 the agency to submit budget amendments regarding the 29 authority for the funding and the release of such 30 funds; requiring the inclusion of a plan for any 31 release of such funds;