House Bill 0581

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 581

        By Representatives Frankel, Rayson, Ritter, Betancourt,
    Effman, Cosgrove, Brown, Bullard, Sobel, Jacobs, Boyd and
    Dennis




  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Medicaid; amending s.

  3         409.904, F.S.; providing eligibility for

  4         preventive family planning services for persons

  5         who meet certain criteria, subject to specific

  6         federal authorization; directing the Agency for

  7         Health Care Administration to seek federal

  8         waivers as necessary; providing an effective

  9         date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Subsections (6) and (7) of section 409.904,

14  Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are renumbered as

15  subsections (7) and (8), respectively, and a new subsection

16  (6) is added to said section to read:

17         409.904  Optional payments for eligible persons.--The

18  agency may make payments for medical assistance and related

19  services on behalf of the following persons who are determined

20  to be eligible subject to the income, assets, and categorical

21  eligibility tests set forth in federal and state law.  Payment

22  on behalf of these Medicaid eligible persons is subject to the

23  availability of moneys and any limitations established by the

24  General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.

25         (6)  Subject to specific federal authorization, a

26  person who is or may be sexually active who is not otherwise

27  eligible for medical assistance and whose income is at or

28  below 200 percent of the most current federal poverty level is

29  eligible to receive preventive family planning services,

30  pursuant to s. 409.905(3).

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                 HB 581

    115-184A-99






  1         Section 2.  The Agency for Health Care Administration

  2  shall submit such waiver applications to the United States

  3  Department of Health and Human Services as may be necessary to

  4  secure federal authorization and financial participation for

  5  the provisions of preventive family planning services pursuant

  6  to s. 409.904(6), Florida Statutes, as provided by this act.

  7         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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      Subject to specific federal authorization, authorizes
12    preventive family planning services under the Medicaid
      program for certain low-income persons who are or may be
13    sexually active and who are not otherwise eligible for
      medical assistance. Directs the Agency for Health Care
14    Administration to submit federal waiver applications as
      necessary.
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