Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 34 No. 53, December 31, 2008 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

59E-7.025 Certification, Audits and Resubmission Procedures.

(1) No change.

(2) Beginning with the inpatient data reporting for the 1st quarter of the year 2010, hHospitals whose data is not certified within five (5) calendar months following the last day of the reporting quarter shall be subject to penalties pursuant to Rule 59E-7.026, F.A.C. Extensions to this five (5) month period may be granted by the Agency Administrator, Office of Data Collection and Quality Assurance Unit or the Agency designee for a maximum of 30 days following the certification due date in response to a written request signed by the hospital’s chief executive officer, chief financial officer, or authorized executive officer designee. A facility will not be penalized for delays caused by AHCA which is documented by the reporting facility to include on-line reporting system downtime or delays in receipt of reports from AHCA.

(3) No change.