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CS/HB 4415: Children's Health

GENERAL BILL by Health & Human Services Appropriations; Health Care Services; Albright; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Alexander; Andrews; Argenziano; Arnall; Arnold; Bainter; Ball; Barreiro; Betancourt; Bitner; Bloom; Boyd; Bradley; Brennan; Bronson; Brooks; Brown; Bullard; Burroughs; Bush; Byrd; Carlton; Casey; Chestnut; Clemons; Constantine; Cosgrove; Crady; Crist; Crow; Culp; Dawson-White; Dennis; Dockery; Edwards; Effman; Eggelletion; Fasano; Feeney; Fischer; Flanagan; Frankel; Fuller; Futch; Garcia; Gay; Goode; Gottlieb; Greene; Hafner; Harrington; Healey; Heyman; Hill; Horan; Jacobs; Jones; Kelly; King; Kosmas; Lacasa; Lawson; Littlefield; Livingston; Logan; Lynn; Mackenzie; Mackey; Maygarden; Meek; Melvin; Merchant; Miller; Minton; Morroni; Morse; Murman; Ogles; Peaden; Posey; Prewitt; Pruitt; Putnam; Rayson; Reddick; Ritchie; Ritter; Rodriguez-Chomat; Rojas; Safley; Sanderson; Saunders; Sembler; Silver; Sindler; Smith; Spratt; Stabins; Stafford; Starks; Sublette; Tamargo; Thrasher; Tobin; Trovillion; Turnbull; Valdes; Villalobos; Wallace; Warner; Wasserman Schultz; Webster; Westbrook; Wiles; Wise; Ziebarth

Children's Health; directs AHCA to seek federal waiver for Healthy Start Program; provides legislative intent re Children's Medical Services program; provides powers & duties of Health Dept.; provides program eligibility; establishes provider qualifications; creates & establishes purpose of Fla. Kidcare program & Medikids program component; authorizes AHCA to pay for certain services for Healthy Start program pursuant to federal waiver, etc. Amends FS.

Effective Date: 7/1/1998 07/01/1998
Last Action: 5/28/1998 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 98-288; See also CS/SB 1230 (Ch. 98-119)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
4/1/1998 House • Filed; Introduced -HJ 00430; Referred to Health & Human Services Appropriations; On Committee agenda-- Health & Human Services Appropriations, 04/02/98, 9:00 am, 317C
4/2/1998 House • Comm. Action:-Unanimously CS by Health & Human Services Appropriations -HJ 00451
4/3/1998 House • CS read first time on 04/03/98 -HJ 00450; Placed on General Calendar -HJ 00451
4/8/1998 House • Read second time -HJ 00485; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00486; Amendment(s) failed -HJ 00486
4/9/1998 House • Read third time -HJ 00507; CS passed as amended; YEAS 98 NAYS 13 -HJ 00508
4/13/1998 Senate • In Messages
4/15/1998 Senate • Received, referred to Health Care; Banking and Insurance; Ways and Means -SJ 00488
4/30/1998 Senate • Withdrawn from Health Care; Banking and Insurance; Ways and Means -SJ 01234; Placed on Calendar; Placed on Special Order Calendar -SJ 01234; Read second time -SJ 01455; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 01455; Read third time -SJ 01470; CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 01470
4/30/1998 House • In returning messages
5/1/1998 House • Concurred -HJ 02027; CS passed as amended; YEAS 113 NAYS 0 -HJ 02043; Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 02043
5/13/1998 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
5/28/1998 • Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 98-288; See also CS/SB 1230 (Ch. 98-119)