Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1292
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  03/24/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Health Policy (Jones) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 70 and 71
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Subsection (13) is added to section 409.904,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         409.904 Optional payments for eligible persons.—The agency
    8  may make payments for medical assistance and related services on
    9  behalf of the following persons who are determined to be
   10  eligible subject to the income, assets, and categorical
   11  eligibility tests set forth in federal and state law. Payment on
   12  behalf of these Medicaid eligible persons is subject to the
   13  availability of moneys and any limitations established by the
   14  General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.
   15         (13) An adult described in 42 U.S.C. s.
   16  1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII).
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   19  And the title is amended as follows:
   20         Between lines 7 and 8
   21  insert:
   22         amending s. 409.904, F.S.; extending Medicaid
   23         eligibility to specified adults;