SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/CS/HB 591, 2nd Eng.

    Amendment No. ___

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11  Senator Saunders moved the following amendment to amendment

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 140, between lines 14 and 15,

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18         Section 82.  The Agency for Health Care Administration

19  is authorized to contract with specialty prepaid health plans

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

21  benefits to Medicaid-eligible recipients who have human

22  immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency

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

24  to implement federal waivers or other necessary federal

25  authorization to implement the prepaid health plans authorized

26  by this section. The agency shall procure the specialty

27  prepaid health plans through a competitive procurement. In

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

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

30  community-based organizations, and the comprehensiveness of

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

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/CS/HB 591, 2nd Eng.

    Amendment No. ___





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

  2  statewide basis. Qualified plans must be licensed under

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

  4  evaluate the implementation of this waiver program if it is

  5  approved by the Federal Government and shall report on its

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

  7  House of Representatives by February 1, 2001.

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  9  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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13  And the title is amended as follows:

14         On page 150, line 31, after the semicolon,

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17         authorizing the Agency for Health Care

18         Administration to offer specialty prepaid

19         health plans to Medicaid recipients with HIV or

20         AIDS; providing conditions; requiring a report

21         to the Legislature;

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