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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 911

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations

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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 

15  Remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18         409.26731  Certification of local funds as state match

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

20  implement Specific Appropriations 330 and 334 through 352 of

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

22  Children and Family Services is authorized to certify local

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

24  mental health services funded by Medicaid in excess of the

25  amount of state general revenue matching funds appropriated

26  for such services through the 1997-1998 General Appropriations

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

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

29  IV-E, expenditures services for children under the supervision

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

31  general revenue matching funds appropriated for such services

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                   Bill No. HB 911

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 1  by the  1997-1998 General Appropriations Act  in Specific

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

 3  funds provided to the state as federal financial participation

 4  consequent to certified local matching funds shall

 5  automatically be passed through to the local entity that

 6  provided the certified the local match. Notwithstanding the

 7  provision of s. 215.425, all such federal Title IV-E funds

 8  earned for the current fiscal year as a result of utilizing

 9  certified local match, except for up to five percent of such

10  earnings which the department is authorized to retain for

11  administrative processes, shall be distributed as set forth in

12  this section and this process shall not impact the

13  department's allocation to any district. All of the provisions

14  of this section are based upon federal approval of the

15  provisions as specifically limited in this section and shall

16  not become effective if any further modifications are required

17  of the state, unless and until federal approval has been

18  obtained. The Agency for Health Care Administration is

19  authorized to apply for federal waivers to modify the state

20  Medicaid plan to include optional Medicaid in-home and

21  therapeutic services for Medicaid-eligible children if the

22  state match for such services is provided by local funds

23  certified by the department as state match. Such services

24  shall be available only in communities that provide the

25  certified match. The department shall annually prepare a

26  report to be submitted to the Legislature no later than

27  January 1 documenting the specific activities undertaken

28  during the previous fiscal year pursuant to this section.

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                                                   Bill No. HB 911

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 8  An act relating to federally funded certain services for

 9  children; amending s. 409.26731, F.S.; authorizing the

10  Department of Children and Family Services to annually certify

11  local funds for state match for services to children under the

12  supervision of or in the the custody of the department;

13  providing a report; providing an effective date.

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