Florida Senate - 2019                                     SB 192
       
       
        
       By Senator Bean
       
       
       
       
       
       4-01292-19                                             2019192__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to Medicaid eligibility; requiring the
    3         Agency for Health Care Administration to seek
    4         authorization from the federal Centers for Medicare
    5         and Medicaid Services (CMS) to eliminate the Medicaid
    6         retroactive eligibility period for nonpregnant adults;
    7         requiring the agency to request such authorization to
    8         become effective no later than a certain date;
    9         requiring the agency to provide certain notice to CMS
   10         before a specified date; providing an effective date.
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   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. The Agency for Health Care Administration shall
   15  seek authorization from the federal Centers for Medicare and
   16  Medicaid Services to eliminate the Medicaid retroactive
   17  eligibility period for nonpregnant adults so that if a
   18  nonpregnant adult is deemed Medicaid-eligible, his or her
   19  eligibility begins on the first day of the month in which he or
   20  she applies for Medicaid. The agency shall request such federal
   21  authorization to become effective no later than July 1, 2019.
   22         Section 2. In implementing this act, the Agency for Health
   23  Care Administration shall, before May 17, 2019, and in
   24  conformity with Special Term and Condition Number 20 of this
   25  state’s Section 1115 demonstration project, titled Managed
   26  Medical Assistance (MMA) Program (Project No. 11-W-00206/4),
   27  officially notify the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
   28  Services that this act has been enacted by the Florida
   29  Legislature as part of the 2019 Regular Session, which is
   30  scheduled to conclude May 3, 2019.
   31         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.