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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB's 2388 & 1946

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Mitchell moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 7, between lines 28 and 29,

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17         Section 6.  Section 409.26731, Florida Statutes, is

18  amended to read:

19         409.26731  Certification of local funds as state match

20  for federally funded services; federal waivers.--In order to

21  implement Specific Appropriations 330 and 334 through 352 of

22  the 1997-1998 General Appropriations Act, the Department of

23  Children and Family Services is authorized to certify local

24  funds not to exceed $5 million as state match for children's

25  mental health services funded by Medicaid in excess of the

26  amount of state general revenue matching funds appropriated

27  for such services through the 1997-1998 General Appropriations

28  Act. The department is also authorized to certify local funds

29  not to exceed $5 million as state match for eligible Title

30  IV-E expenditures services for children under the supervision

31  and custody of the state in excess of the amount of state

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 1  general revenue matching funds appropriated for such services

 2  by the 1997-1998 General Appropriations Act in Specific

 3  Appropriations 334 through 352. Federal Medicaid or Title IV-E

 4  funds provided to the state as federal financial participation

 5  consequent to certified local matching funds shall

 6  automatically be passed through to the local entity

 7  jurisdiction that provided the certified local match.

 8  Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 215.425, all such federal

 9  Title IV-E funds earned for the current fiscal year as a

10  result of using certified local match, except for up to 5

11  percent of such earnings that the department is authorized to

12  retain for administrative purposes, shall be distributed as

13  set forth in this section and this process shall not impact

14  the department's allocation to any district. All of the

15  provisions of this section are based upon federal approval of

16  the provisions as specifically limited in this section and

17  shall not become effective if any further modifications are

18  required of the state, unless and until federal approval has

19  been obtained. The department shall annually prepare a report

20  to be submitted to the Legislature no later than January 1

21  documenting the specific activities undertaken during the

22  previous fiscal year pursuant to this section. The Agency for

23  Health Care Administration is authorized to apply for federal

24  waivers to modify the state Medicaid plan to include optional

25  Medicaid in-home and therapeutic services for

26  Medicaid-eligible children if the state match for such

27  services is provided by local funds certified by the

28  department as state match. Such services shall be available

29  only in communities that provide the certified match.

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         amending s. 409.26731, F.S.; authorizing the

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 8         annually certify local funds for state match

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