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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                        Bill No. HB 2329, 1st Eng.

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11  Representative(s) Levine offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 1.  Sections 1 through 3 of this act shall be

18  known as the "Florida Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Act

19  of 2000."

20         Section 2.  Subsection (8) is added to section 409.904,

21  Florida Statutes, to read:

22         409.904  Optional payments for eligible persons.--The

23  agency may make payments for medical assistance and related

24  services on behalf of the following persons who are determined

25  to be eligible subject to the income, assets, and categorical

26  eligibility tests set forth in federal and state law.  Payment

27  on behalf of these Medicaid eligible persons is subject to the

28  availability of moneys and any limitations established by the

29  General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.

30         (8)  Subject to specific federal authorization, a

31  person who, but for earnings in excess of the limit

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 1  established under s. 1905(q)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act,

 2  would be considered for receiving supplemental security

 3  income, who is at least 16 but less than 65 years of age, and

 4  whose assets, resources, and earned or unearned income, or

 5  both, do not exceed 250 percent of the most current federal

 6  poverty level. Such persons may be eligible for Medicaid

 7  services as part of a Medicaid buy-in established under s.

 8  409.914(2) specifically designed to accommodate those persons

 9  made eligible for such a buy-in by Title II of Pub. L. No.

10  106-170. Such buy-in shall include income-related premiums and

11  cost sharing.

12         Section 3.  The Agency for Health Care Administration

13  is directed to conduct a cost and feasibility study regarding

14  the implementation of the federal "Ticket to Work and Work

15  Incentives Act of 1999" in Florida and to report its findings

16  to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the

17  President of the Senate no later than December 1, 2000.

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21  And the title is amended as follows:

22         On page 1, line 2,

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25         providing a short title; amending s. 409.904,

26         F.S.; providing Medicaid eligibility for

27         certain disabled persons under a Medicaid

28         buy-in program, subject to specific federal

29         authorization; directing the Agency for Health

30         Care Administration to conduct a study

31         regarding implementation of the federal "Ticket

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 1         to Work and Work Incentives Act of 1999" in the

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