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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2091

    Amendment No. 03 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Judiciary offered the following:

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15  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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18         Section 4.  Subsection (24) is added to section

19  409.906, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, to read:

20         409.906  Optional Medicaid services.--Subject to

21  specific appropriations, the agency may make payments for

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

23  the Social Security Act and are furnished by Medicaid

24  providers to recipients who are determined to be eligible on

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

26  service that is provided shall be provided only when medically

27  necessary and in accordance with state and federal law.

28  Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent or limit

29  the agency from adjusting fees, reimbursement rates, lengths

30  of stay, number of visits, or number of services, or making

31  any other adjustments necessary to comply with the

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 2091

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 1  availability of moneys and any limitations or directions

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

 3  Optional services may include:

 4         (24)  CHILD-WELFARE-TARGETED CASE MANAGEMENT.--The

 5  Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with

 6  the Department of Children and Family Services, may establish

 7  a targeted case-management pilot project in those counties

 8  identified by the Department of Children and Familiy Services

 9  and for the community-based child welfare project in Sarasota

10  and Manatee counties, as authorized under s. 409.1671.  These

11  projects shall be established for the purposes of determining

12  the impact of targeted case management on the child welfare

13  program and the earnings from the child welfare program.

14  Results of the pilot projects shall be reported to the Child

15  Welfare Estimating Conference and the Social Services

16  Estimating Conference established under s. 216.136.  The

17  number of projects may not be increased until requested by the

18  Department of Children and Family Services, recommended by the

19  Child Welfare Estimating Conference and the Social Services

20  Estimating Conference, and approved by the Legislature.  The

21  covered group of individuals who are eligible to receive

22  targeted case management include children who are eligible for

23  Medicaid; who are between the ages of birth through 21; and

24  who are under protective supervision or postplacement

25  supervision, under foster-care supervision, or in shelter care

26  or foster care.  The number of individuals who are eligible to

27  receive targeted case management shall be limited to the

28  number for whom the Department of Children and Family Services

29  has available matching funds to cover the costs.  The general

30  revenue funds required to match the funds for services

31  provided by the community-based child welfare projects are

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 1  limited to funds available for services described under s.

 2  409.1671.  The Department of Children and Family Services may

 3  transfer the general revenue matching funds as billed by the

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