HB 1487-2_ Filed 04/10/2001, 17:30

SENATE MOTION


MR. PRESIDENT:

    I move
that Engrossed House Bill 1487 be amended to read as follows:

SOURCE: Page 1, line 2; (01)MO148703.1. -->     Page 1, line 2, delete "JANUARY 1, 2003]" and insert "JULY 1, 2001]".
    Page 2, line 21, delete "IC 16-41-17-2" and insert " IC 16-41-17-2(a)(10)".
    Page 2, between lines 21 and 22, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 12-15-15-6; (01)MO148703.2. -->     "SECTION 2. IC 12-15-15-6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2001]: Sec. 6. (a) In addition to a payment due to a hospital for the delivery of a newborn infant, the office shall tender a payment to the hospital for the hospital's collection, handling, and delivery of a specimen for testing under IC 16-41-17-2 (a)(10).
    (b) Payment to a hospital required under subsection (a) must be in an amount equal to the total of the following costs:
        (1) The cost incurred by the hospital to collect, handle, and deliver the specimen obtained for testing under IC 16-41-17-2 (a)(10).
        (2) Any fee assessed against the hospital for a laboratory's testing of the specimen under IC 16-41-17-2 (a)(10).
        (3) Any newborn screening fee or other fee assessed against the hospital by the state department of health in connection with the testing of the specimen under IC 16-41-17-2 (a)(10).
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SOURCE: Page 2, line 24; (01)MO148703.2. -->     Page 2, line 24, delete "JANUARY 1, 2003]" and insert "JULY 1, 2001]".
    Page 2, line 37, delete "," and insert " or other technologies with

the same or greater detection capabilities as tandem mass


spectrometry,".
    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to EHB 1487 as printed April 6, 2001.)

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Senator LAWSON C


MO148703/DI 98     2001