Florida HB 4019: Compensation for Health Care Services for Inmates in Lake County

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An act relating to compensation for health care 2
services for inmates in Lake County; providing 3
definitions; limiting compensation to a health care 4
provider and to a hospital designated as a trauma 5
center that provide medical services for an inmate 6
housed in a Lake County detention center if the 7
provider and the hospital do not have a contract with 8
the county to provide such services; limiting 9
compensation to an entity that provides emergency 10
medical transportation services for an inmate housed 11
in a Lake County detention center if the entity does 12
not have a contract with the county to provide such 13
services; providing applicability; providing an 14
effective date. 15
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17
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Section 1. (1) As used in this act, the term: 19
(a) "Emergency medical transportation services" includes, 20
but is not limited to, services rendered by means of air 21
ambulance or an emergency medical services vehicle. As used in 22
this paragraph, the term: 23
1. "Air ambulance" means a fixed-wing or rotary-wing 24
aircraft used for, or intended to be used for, air 25

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transportation of sick or injured persons requiring or likely to 26
require medical attention during transport. 27
2. "Emergency medical services vehicle" means a privately 28
or publicly owned vehicle or vessel that is designed, 29
constructed, reconstructed, maintained, equipped, or operated 30
for, and is used or intended to be used for, land or water 31
transportation of sick or injured persons requiring or likely to 32
require medical attention during transport. 33
(b) "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
described 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 a Lake County 62
detention center may not exceed 110 percent of the Medicare 63
allowable rate if the health care provider does not have a 64
contract with Lake County to provide inmate medical services. 65
2. Compensation to a health care provider to provide 66
medical services for an inmate housed in a Lake County detention 67
center may not exceed 125 percent of the Medicare allowable rate 68
if the health care provider: 69
a. Does not have a contract with Lake County to provide 70
inmate medical services; and 71
b. Reported a negative operating margin for the previous 72
year to the Agency for Health Care Administration through 73
hospital-audited financial data. 74
(b) Compensation to a hospital designated as a trauma 75

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center by the Department of Health to provide medical services 76
for an inmate designated as a trauma alert victim, as defined 77
under Florida law, must be at 175 percent of the Medicare 78
allowable rate if the hospital does not have a contract with 79
Lake County to provide inmate medical services. 80
(3) Compensation to an entity to provide emergency medical 81
transportation services for an inmate housed