Senate Bill sb2624

    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 2624

    By Senator Garcia





    40-1530-06                                          See HB 575

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the practice of podiatric

  3         medicine; amending ss. 409.906 and 461.003,

  4         F.S.; redefining the scope of the practice of

  5         podiatric medicine; providing an effective

  6         date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (19) of section 409.906, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         409.906  Optional Medicaid services.--Subject to

13  specific appropriations, the agency may make payments for

14  services which are optional to the state under Title XIX of

15  the Social Security Act and are furnished by Medicaid

16  providers to recipients who are determined to be eligible on

17  the dates on which the services were provided. Any optional

18  service that is provided shall be provided only when medically

19  necessary and in accordance with state and federal law.

20  Optional services rendered by providers in mobile units to

21  Medicaid recipients may be restricted or prohibited by the

22  agency. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent

23  or limit the agency from adjusting fees, reimbursement rates,

24  lengths of stay, number of visits, or number of services, or

25  making any other adjustments necessary to comply with the

26  availability of moneys and any limitations or directions

27  provided for in the General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.

28  If necessary to safeguard the state's systems of providing

29  services to elderly and disabled persons and subject to the

30  notice and review provisions of s. 216.177, the Governor may

31  direct the Agency for Health Care Administration to amend the

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 2624
    40-1530-06                                          See HB 575




 1  Medicaid state plan to delete the optional Medicaid service

 2  known as "Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally

 3  Disabled." Optional services may include:

 4         (19)  PODIATRIC SERVICES.--The agency may pay for

 5  services, including diagnosis and medical, surgical,

 6  palliative, and mechanical treatment, related to ailments of

 7  the human foot and ankle lower leg, if provided to a recipient

 8  by a podiatric physician licensed under state law.

 9         Section 2.  Subsection (5) of section 461.003, Florida

10  Statutes, is amended to read:

11         461.003  Definitions.--As used in this chapter:

12         (5)  "Practice of podiatric medicine" means the

13  diagnosis or medical, surgical, palliative, and mechanical

14  treatment of ailments of the human foot and ankle leg. The

15  surgical treatment of ailments of the human foot and leg shall

16  be limited anatomically to that part below the anterior tibial

17  tubercle. The practice of podiatric medicine shall include the

18  amputation of the toes or other parts of the foot but shall

19  not include the amputation of the foot or leg in its entirety.

20  A podiatric physician may prescribe drugs that relate

21  specifically to the scope of practice authorized herein.

22         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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