Senate Bill sb0028A

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 28-A

    By Senators Posey and Rich





    41-529B-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida KidCare program;

  3         amending s. 409.814, F.S.; revising

  4         requirements for documenting family income for

  5         purposes of determining a child's eligibility

  6         for the program; providing an effective date.

  7  

  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

  9  

10         Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of section

11  409.814, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

12         409.814  Eligibility.--A child who has not reached 19

13  years of age whose family income is equal to or below 200

14  percent of the federal poverty level is eligible for the

15  Florida KidCare program as provided in this section. For

16  enrollment in the Children's Medical Services Network, a

17  complete application includes the medical or behavioral health

18  screening. If, subsequently, an individual is determined to be

19  ineligible for coverage, he or she must immediately be

20  disenrolled from the respective Florida KidCare program

21  component.

22         (8)  In determining the eligibility of a child, an

23  assets test is not required. Each applicant shall provide

24  written documentation during the application process and the

25  redetermination process, including, but not limited to, the

26  following:

27         (a)  Proof of family income, which must include a copy

28  supported by copies of the applicant's most recent any federal

29  income tax return. In the absence of a federal income tax

30  return, an applicant may submit for the prior year, any wages

31  

                                  1

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 28-A
    41-529B-05




 1  and earnings statements (pay stubs), (W-2 forms), or and any

 2  other appropriate documents document.

 3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

 4  law.

 5  

 6            *****************************************

 7                          SENATE SUMMARY

 8    Revises requirements for providing proof of family income
      for purposes of the Florida KidCare program.
 9  

10  

11  

12  

13  

14  

15  

16  

17  

18  

19  

20  

21  

22  

23  

24  

25  

26  

27  

28  

29  

30  

31  

                                  2

CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.