Florida Senate - 2016 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 85
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: WD/2R .
03/08/2016 05:31 PM .
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Senator Sobel moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (725590) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Between lines 169 and 170
5 insert:
6 Section 2. Subsection (2) of Section 391.021, Florida
7 Statutes, is amended to read:
8 391.021 Definitions.—When used in this act, the term:
9 (2) “Children with special health care needs” means those
10 children younger than 21 years of age who have chronic and
11 serious physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional
12 conditions and who require health care and related services of a
13 type or amount beyond that which is generally required by
14 children.
15 Section 3. Section 391.029, Florida Statutes, is amended to
16 read:
17 391.029 Program eligibility.—
18 (1) Eligibility for the Children’s Medical Services program
19 is based on the diagnosis of one or more chronic and serious
20 medical conditions and the family’s need for specialized
21 services.
22 (1)(2) The following individuals are eligible to receive
23 services through the program:
24 (a) A high-risk pregnant female who is enrolled in
25 Medicaid.
26 (b) Children with serious special health care needs from
27 birth to 21 years of age who are enrolled in Medicaid.
28 (c) Children with serious special health care needs from
29 birth to 19 years of age who are enrolled in a program under
30 Title XXI of the Social Security Act.
31 (2)(3) Subject to the availability of funds, the following
32 individuals may receive services through the program:
33 (a) Children with serious special health care needs from
34 birth to 21 years of age who do not qualify for Medicaid or
35 Title XXI of the Social Security Act but who are unable to
36 access, due to lack of providers or lack of financial resources,
37 specialized services that are medically necessary or essential
38 family support services. Families shall participate financially
39 in the cost of care based on a sliding fee scale established by
40 the department.
41 (b) Children with special health care needs from birth to
42 21 years of age, as provided in Title V of the Social Security
43 Act.
44 (c) An infant who receives an award of compensation under
45 s. 766.31(1). The Florida Birth-Related Neurological Injury
46 Compensation Association shall reimburse the Children’s Medical
47 Services Network the state’s share of funding, which must
48 thereafter be used to obtain matching federal funds under Title
49 XXI of the Social Security Act.
50 (3)(4) Any child who has been provided with surgical or
51 medical care or treatment under this act prior to being adopted
52 and has a special health care need serious and chronic special
53 health needs shall continue to be eligible to be provided with
54 such care or treatment after his or her adoption, regardless of
55 the financial ability of the persons adopting the child.
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58 And the title is amended as follows:
59 Between lines 762 and 763
60 insert:
61 amending s. 391.021, F.S.; revising the definition of
62 the term “children with special health care needs”;
63 amending s. 391.029, F.S., revising eligibility
64 requirements for the Children’s Medical Services
65 program;