HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-08                              Bill No. HB 2329, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Argenziano offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 26, between lines 18 and 19 of the bill

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17         Section 26.  Legislative review of the statewide elder

18  care services system and the Medicaid Long-Term Care Nursing

19  Home Diversion Project.--

20         (1)(a)  The Legislature, through its jurisdictional

21  committees of both the House of Representatives and the

22  Senate, including the House Elder Affairs and Long-Term Care

23  Committee, the Senate Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care

24  Committee, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the

25  House Governmental Operations Committee, and the Senate

26  Governmental Oversight and Productivity Committee, shall

27  review the statewide elder care services system administered

28  by the Department of Elderly Affairs to identify improvements

29  needed with the funding, administration, and delivery of

30  services to Florida's elderly citizens.

31         (b)  As part of this review, the Legislature shall

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

    hbd-08                              Bill No. HB 2329, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  assess the progress and the cost-effectiveness of the Medicaid

 2  Long-Term Care Nursing Home Diversion Project in assisting

 3  frail elderly to age in place. Alternatives to prepaid

 4  capitated program and service arrangements shall be explored

 5  as part of this review.

 6         (2)  The chairmen of the two substantive committees are

 7  authorized to assemble workgroups, which may include

 8  representatives of the department, the Governor's office, the

 9  Agency for Health Care Administration, area agencies on aging,

10  service providers, university experts in elder care services,

11  and clients, to review specific aspects of the statewide

12  system. The committees shall report on the findings of the

13  review and make recommendations to the Legislature prior to

14  the beginning of the 2001 legislative session.

15         (3)  Funds necessary to support the legislative review

16  shall be provided by the presiding officers to cover the cost

17  of participating House and Senate members and legislative

18  staff responsible for the review.

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22  And the title is amended as follows:

23         On page 3, line 27, after the semicolon

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26         providing for legislative review of the

27         statewide elder care services system and the

28         Medicaid Long-Term Care Nursing Home Diversion

29         Project; requiring a report; providing for

30         funding;

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