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An act relating to St. Lucie County; providing an 2
exception to general law; providing definitions; 3
limiting compensation to a health care provider that 4
provides medical services for an inmate housed in a 5
St. Lucie County detention center if the provider does 6
not have a contract with the county to provide such 7
services; limiting compensation to an entity that 8
provides emergency medical transportation servi ces for 9
an inmate housed in a St. Lucie County detention 10
center if the entity does not have a contract with the 11
county to provide such services; providing 12
applicability; providing an effective date. 13
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Flo rida: 15
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Section 1. (1) Notwithstanding any other law to the 17
contrary, this act and all rules adopted pursuant to this act 18
apply to the area located within St. Lucie County. 19
(2) 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) "Ambulance" or "emergency medical services vehicle" 25
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means a privately or pub licly owned vehicle or vessel that is 26
designed, constructed, reconstructed, maintained, equipped, or 27
operated for, and is used for, or intended to be used for, land 28
or water transportation of sick or injured persons requiring or 29
likely to require medical a ttention during transport. 30
(c) "Emergency medical transportation services" includes, 31
but is not limited to, services rendered by means of an 32
ambulance, 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 phys ician 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. An other medical facility as defined in paragraph (e). 47
8. A professional association, partnership, corporation, 48
joint venture, or other association composed of the persons 49
provided in subparagraphs 2., 3., and 4. for professional 50
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activity. 51
(e) "Other medical facility" means a facility the primary 52
purpose of which is to provide human medical diagnostic services 53
or a facility providing nonsurgical human medical treatment, to 54
which facility the patient is admitted and from which facility 55
the patient is discharged within th e same working day, and which 56
facility is not part of a hospital. However, a facility existing 57
for the primary purpose of performing terminations of pregnancy 58
or an office maintained by a physician or dentist for the 59
practice of medicine may not be constru ed to be an "other 60
medical facility." 61
(3) Compensation to a health care provider to provide 62
medical services for an inmate housed in a St. Lucie County 63
detention center may not exceed 110 percent of the Medicare 64
allowable rate if the health care provider does not have a 65
contract with St. Lucie County to provide inmate medical 66
services. However, compensation to a health care provider may 67
not exceed 125 percent of the Medicare allowable rate if: 68
(a) The health care provider does not have a contract with 69
St. Lucie 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
(4) Compensation to an entity to provide emergency medical 74
transportation services for an inmate housed in a St. Lucie 75
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County detention center may not exceed 110 percent of the 76
Medicare allowable rate if the entity does not have a contract 77
with St. Lucie County to provide inmat e emergency medical 78
transportation services. 79
(5) This act does not apply to charges for medical 80
services provided at a hospital operated by St. Lucie County. 81
Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 82