c2202540
Senate
s0300-98
s0370
2002
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104940
Senator Saunders moved the following amendment to amendment
(104940):
On page 97 between lines 23 and 24,
On page 107, line 21,




                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 370

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 202540

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11  Senator Saunders moved the following amendment to amendment

12  (104940):

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 97 between lines 23 and 24,

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17  insert:

18         Section 80.  Sections 80-82 may be cited as the

19  "Jennifer Knight Medicaid Lung Transplant Act."

20         Section 81.  Subject to the availability of funds and

21  subject to any limitations or directions provided for in the

22  General Appropriations Act or chapter 216, Florida Statutes,

23  the Agency for Health Care Administration Medicaid program

24  shall pay for medically necessary lung transplant services for

25  Medicaid recipients.

26         Section 82.  Subsection (1) of section 409.915, Florida

27  Statutes, is amended to read:

28         409.915  County contributions to Medicaid.--Although

29  the state is responsible for the full portion of the state

30  share of the matching funds required for the Medicaid program,

31  in order to acquire a certain portion of these funds, the

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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  1  state shall charge the counties for certain items of care and

  2  service as provided in this section.

  3         (1)  Each county shall participate in the following

  4  items of care and service:

  5         (a)  For both health maintenance members and

  6  fee-for-service beneficiaries, payments for inpatient

  7  hospitalization in excess of 10 days, but not in excess of 45

  8  days, with the exception of pregnant women and children whose

  9  income is in excess of the federal poverty level and who do

10  not participate in the Medicaid medically needy program, and

11  for adult lung transplant services.

12         (b)  Payments for nursing home or intermediate

13  facilities care in excess of $170 per month, with the

14  exception of skilled nursing care for children under age 21.

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16  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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20  And the title is amended as follows:

21         On page 107, line 21, after the semicolon

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24         providing a short title; providing coverage for

25         certain organ-transplant services; amending s.

26         409.915, F.S.; exempting counties from

27         contributions for such services;

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