February 23, 2003

Madam President:

Your PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

1. On page 2, line 6, remove the brackets and the line through "medicaid".

2. On page 4, strike lines 20 through 25 in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof "based on medicaid fee-for-service reimbursement rates;".

3. On page 7, strike lines 3 through 5 in their entirety and insert in lieu thereof "providing emergency services, as determined by the board, in a hospital to an indigent patient;".

4. On page 13, line 11, after the second instance of "year" insert:

"based on a report prepared by the hospital using a format jointly prescribed by the counties and hospitals that provides aggregate data, including the number of indigent patients served and the total cost of uncompensated care provided by the hospital".

5. On page 13, line 15, after the semicolon insert:

"provided that the agreements shall be in compliance with federal regulations regarding intergovernmental transfers and provider contributions and shall not include provisions for reimbursements to counties of matching and sole community provider fund allocations;".

6. On page 13, line 15, remove the brackets and the line through "and".

7. On page 13, line 19, strike the semicolon and "and" and insert in lieu thereof a period and closing quotation mark.

8. On page 13, lines 20 through 23, strike Subsection F in its entirety.,

and thence referred to the FINANCE COMMITTEE.

Respectfully submitted,

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Dede Feldman, Chairman

Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________

(Chief Clerk) (Chief Clerk)

Date ________________________

The roll call vote was 7 For 0 Against

Yes: 7

No: 0

Excused: Hurt, Sanchez, M.

Absent: None

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