SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 2339

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 104, between lines 4 and 5,

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17         Section 59.  The Agency for Health Care Administration

18  is authorized to contract with specialty prepaid health plans

19  and pay them on a prepaid capitated basis to provide Medicaid

20  benefits to Medicaid-eligible recipients who have human

21  immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency

22  syndrome (AIDS). The agency shall apply for and is authorized

23  to implement federal waivers or other necessary federal

24  authorization to implement the prepaid health plans authorized

25  by this section. The agency shall procure the specialty

26  prepaid health plans through a competitive procurement. In

27  awarding a contract to a managed care plan, the agency shall

28  take into account price, quality, accessibility, linkages to

29  community-based organizations, and the comprehensiveness of

30  the benefit package offered by the plan. The agency may bid

31  the HIV/AIDS specialty plans on a county, regional, or

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 2339

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 1  statewide basis. Qualified plans must be licensed under

 2  chapter 641, Florida Statutes. The agency shall monitor and

 3  evaluate the implementation of this waiver program if it is

 4  approved by the Federal Government and shall report on its

 5  status to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the

 6  House of Representatives by February 1, 2001.

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 8  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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12  And the title is amended as follows:

13         On page 9, line 5, after the semicolon,

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16         authorizing the Agency for Health Care

17         Administration to offer specialty prepaid

18         health plans to Medicaid recipients with HIV or

19         AIDS; providing conditions; requiring a report

20         to the Legislature;

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