SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2322, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 302324
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senators Pruitt, Klein, Peaden and Dawson moved the following
12 amendment to House amendment (119969):
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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20 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 409.904, Florida
21 Statutes, is amended 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 (2) A caretaker relative or parent, a pregnant woman,
31 a child under age 19 who would otherwise qualify for Florida
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Amendment No. ___ Barcode 302324
1 Kidcare Medicaid, a child up to age 21 who would otherwise
2 qualify under s. 409.903(1), a person age 65 or over, or a
3 blind or disabled person, who would otherwise be eligible for
4 Florida Medicaid, except that the income or assets of such
5 family or person exceed established limitations. For a family
6 or person in one of these coverage groups, medical expenses
7 are deductible from income in accordance with federal
8 requirements in order to make a determination of eligibility.
9 Expenses used to meet spend-down liability are not
10 reimbursable by Medicaid. Effective July May 1, 2003, when
11 determining the eligibility of a pregnant woman, a child, or
12 an aged, blind, or disabled individual, $270 shall be deducted
13 from the countable income of the filing unit. When determining
14 the eligibility of the parent or caretaker relative as defined
15 by Title XIX of the Social Security Act, the additional income
16 disregard of $270 does not apply. A family or person eligible
17 under the coverage known as the "medically needy," is eligible
18 to receive the same services as other Medicaid recipients,
19 with the exception of services in skilled nursing facilities
20 and intermediate care facilities for the developmentally
21 disabled.
22 Section 2. The non-recurring sums of $8,265,777 from
23 the General Revenue Fund, $2,505,224 from the Grants and
24 Donations Trust Fund, and $11,727,287 from the Medical Care
25 Trust Fund are appropriated to the Agency for Health Care
26 Administration to implement section 1 of this act during the
27 2002-2003 fiscal year.
28 Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
29 law, but if it becomes a law after May 1, 2003, this act shall
30 operate retroactively to that date.
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2322, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 302324
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
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9 An act relating to the medically needy program;
10 amending s. 409.904, F.S.; postponing the
11 effective date of changes to standards for
12 eligibility for certain optional medical
13 assistance, including coverage under the
14 medically needy program; providing
15 appropriations; providing for retroactive
16 application; providing an effective date.
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