Florida HB 4041: Pinecrest Stormwater Improvements

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An act relating to compensation for health care 2
services for inmates in Indian River County; providing 3
definitions; limiting compensation to a health care 4
provider that provides any medical services for an 5
inmate housed in an Indian River County detention 6
center under certain conditions; requiring certain 7
compensation for a specified hospital that provides 8
medical services for specified inmates if the hospital 9
does not have a contract with the county to provide 10
such services; limiting compensation to an entity that 11
provides emergency medical transportation services for 12
an inmate housed in an Indian River County detention 13
center if the entity does not have a contract with the 14
county to provide such services; providing 15
nonapplicability; providing an effective date. 16
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18
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Section 1. (1) As used in this act, the term: 20
(a) "Air ambulance" means a fixed-wing or rotary-wing 21
aircraft used for, or intended to be used for, air 22
transportation of sick or injured persons requiring or likely to 23
require medical attention during transport. 24
(b) "Emergency medical services vehicle" means a privately 25

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or publicly owned vehicle or vessel that is designed, 26
constructed, reconstructed, maintained, equipped, or operated 27
for, and is used for, or intended to be used for, land or water 28
transportation of sick or injured persons requiring or likely to 29
require medical attention during transport. 30
(c) "Emergency medical transportation services" includes, 31
but is not limited to, services rendered by means of an 32
emergency medical services vehicle or air ambulance. 33
(d) "Health care provider" means: 34
1. A hospital licensed under chapter 395, Florida 35
Statutes. 36
2. A physician or physician assistant licensed under 37
chapter 458, Florida Statutes. 38
3. An osteopathic physician or physician assistant 39
licensed under chapter 459, Florida Statutes. 40
4. A podiatric physician licensed under chapter 461, 41
Florida Statutes. 42
5. A health maintenance organization certificated under 43
part I of chapter 641, Florida Statutes. 44
6. An ambulatory surgical center licensed under chapter 45
395, Florida Statutes. 46
7. A facility the primary purpose of which is to provide 47
human medical diagnostic services or a facility providing 48
nonsurgical human medical treatment, to which facility the 49
patient is admitted and from which facility the patient is 50

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discharged within the same working day, and which facility is 51
not part of a hospital. However, the term does not include a 52
facility existing for the primary purpose of performing 53
terminations of pregnancy or an office maintained by a physician 54
or dentist for the practice of medicine. 55
8. A professional association, partnership, corporation, 56
joint venture, or other association composed of the persons 57
listed in subparagraphs 2., 3., and 4. for professional 58
activity. 59
(2)(a)1. Except as specifically provided in this 60
subsection, compensation to a health care provider to provide 61
any medical services for an inmate housed in an Indian River 62
County detention center may not exceed 110 percent of the 63
Medicare allowable rate if the health care provider does not 64
have a contract with Indian River County to provide inmate 65
medical services. 66
2. Compensation to a health care provider may not exceed 67
125 percent of the Medicare allowable rate if: 68
a. The health care provider does not have a contract with 69
Indian River County to provide inmate medical services; and 70
b. The health care provider reported a negative operating 71
margin for the previous year to the Agency for Health Care 72
Administration through hospital-audited financial data. 73
(b) Compensation to a hospital designated as a trauma 74
center by the Department of Health to provide medical services 75

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for an inmate designated as a trauma alert victim, as defined 76
under Florida law, must be at 175 percent of the Medicare 77
allowable rate if the hospital does not have a contract with 78
Indian River County to provide inmate medical services. 79
(3) Compensation to an entity to provide emergency medical 80