House Bill hb1211

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1211

        By Representatives Siplin, Cusack, Smith, Wilson, Joyner,
    Bendross-Mindingall, Peterman, Fields and Richardson





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to pharmaceutical expense

  3         assistance; amending s. 409.9065, F.S.;

  4         increasing the maximum income level for

  5         eligibility under the pharmaceutical expense

  6         assistance program; increasing the maximum

  7         monthly benefit amount per participant;

  8         providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) and

13  subsection (3) of section 409.9065, Florida Statutes, are

14  amended to read:

15         409.9065  Pharmaceutical expense assistance.--

16         (2)  ELIGIBILITY.--Eligibility for the program is

17  limited to those individuals who qualify for limited

18  assistance under the Florida Medicaid program as a result of

19  being dually eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, but

20  whose limited assistance or Medicare coverage does not include

21  any pharmacy benefit. Specifically eligible are low-income

22  senior citizens who:

23         (b)  Have an income between 90 and 150 120 percent of

24  the federal poverty level;

25         (3)  BENEFITS.--Medications covered under the

26  pharmaceutical expense assistance program are those covered

27  under the Medicaid program in s. 409.906(20). Monthly benefit

28  payments shall be limited to $150 $80 per program participant.

29  Participants are required to make a 10-percent coinsurance

30  payment for each prescription purchased through this program.

31         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1211

    796-100-01






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      Increases from 120 percent to 150 percent of federal
  4    poverty level the maximum income for participation of an
      elderly individual in the pharmaceutical expense
  5    assistance program. Increases from $80 to $150 the
      monthly benefit limitation per participant.
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