House Bill 0911e1

                                           HB 911, First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to federally funded certain

  3         services for children; amending s. 409.26731,

  4         F.S.; authorizing the Department of Children

  5         and Family Services to annually certify local

  6         funds for state match for services to children

  7         under the supervision of or in the custody of

  8         the department; providing a report; providing

  9         an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Section 409.26731, Florida Statutes, is

14  amended to read:

15         409.26731  Certification of local funds as state match

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

17  implement Specific Appropriations 330 and 334 through 352 of

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

19  Children and Family Services is authorized to certify local

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

21  mental health services funded by Medicaid in excess of the

22  amount of state general revenue matching funds appropriated

23  for such services through the 1997-1998 General Appropriations

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

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

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

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

28  general revenue matching funds appropriated for such services

29  by the  1997-1998 General Appropriations Act  in Specific

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

31  funds provided to the state as federal financial participation


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                                           HB 911, First Engrossed



  1  consequent to certified local matching funds shall

  2  automatically be passed through to the local entity that

  3  provided the certified the local match. Notwithstanding the

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

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

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

  7  earnings which the department is authorized to retain for

  8  administrative processes, shall be distributed as set forth in

  9  this section and this process shall not impact the

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

11  of this section are based upon federal approval of the

12  provisions as specifically limited in this section and shall

13  not become effective if any further modifications are required

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

15  obtained. The Agency for Health Care Administration is

16  authorized to apply for federal waivers to modify the state

17  Medicaid plan to include optional Medicaid in-home and

18  therapeutic services for Medicaid-eligible children if the

19  state match for such services is provided by local funds

20  certified by the department as state match. Such services

21  shall be available only in communities that provide the

22  certified match. The department shall annually prepare a

23  report to be submitted to the Legislature no later than

24  January 1 documenting the specific activities undertaken

25  during the previous fiscal year pursuant to this section.

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