Senate Bill 2462

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2462

    By Senator Mitchell





    4-1601-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to mental health services;

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

  4         department to certify funds for state match for

  5         certain children's mental health services;

  6         providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Section 409.26731, Florida Statutes, is

11  amended to read:

12         409.26731  Certification of local funds as state match

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

14  implement Specific Appropriations 330 and 334 through 352 of

15  the 1997-1998 General Appropriations Act, The Department of

16  Children and Family Services is authorized to certify local

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

18  mental health services funded by Medicaid in excess of the

19  amount of state general revenue matching funds appropriated

20  for such services through the 1997-1998 General Appropriations

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

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

23  IV-E services for children under the supervision and custody

24  of the state in excess of the amount of state general revenue

25  matching funds appropriated for such services by the 1997-1998

26  General Appropriations Act in Specific Appropriations 334

27  through 352. Federal Medicaid or Title IV-E funds provided to

28  the state as federal financial participation consequent to

29  certified local matching funds shall automatically be passed

30  through to the local jurisdiction that provided the certified

31  local match. All of the provisions of this section are based

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  1  upon federal approval of the provisions as specifically

  2  limited in this section and shall not become effective if any

  3  further modifications are required of the state. The Agency

  4  for Health Care Administration is authorized to apply for

  5  federal waivers to modify the state Medicaid plan to include

  6  optional Medicaid in-home and therapeutic services for

  7  Medicaid-eligible children if the state match for such

  8  services is provided by local funds certified by the

  9  department as state match. Such services shall be available

10  only in communities that provide the certified match.

11         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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15    Authorizes the Department of Children and Family Services
      to certify funds for state match for certain children's
16    mental health services.

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