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11 The Committee on Health & Human Services Appropriations
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14 Substitute Amendment for Amendment (984261) (with title
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16 Remove from the bill: Everything after the enacting clause
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18 and insert in lieu thereof:
19 Section 1. Section 409.905, Florida Statutes, is
20 amended to read:
21 409.905 Mandatory Medicaid services.--The agency may
22 make payments for the following services, which are required
23 of the state by Title XIX of the Social Security Act,
24 furnished by Medicaid providers to recipients who are
25 determined to be eligible on the dates on which the services
26 were provided. Any service under this section shall be
27 provided only when medically necessary and in accordance with
28 state and federal law. Mandatory services rendered by
29 providers in mobile units to Medicaid recipients may be
30 restricted by the agency. Nothing in this section shall be
31 construed to prevent or limit the agency from adjusting fees,
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1 reimbursement rates, lengths of stay, number of visits, number
2 of services, or any other adjustments necessary to comply with
3 the availability of moneys and any limitations or directions
4 provided for in the General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.
5 (1) ADVANCED REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER
6 SERVICES.--The agency shall pay for services provided to a
7 recipient by a licensed advanced registered nurse practitioner
8 who has a valid collaboration agreement with a licensed
9 physician on file with the Department of Health or who
10 provides anesthesia services in accordance with established
11 protocol required by state law and approved by the medical
12 staff of the facility in which the anesthetic service is
13 performed. Reimbursement for such services must be provided in
14 an amount that equals not less than 80 percent of the
15 reimbursement to a physician who provides the same services,
16 unless otherwise provided for in the General Appropriations
17 Act.
18 (2) EARLY AND PERIODIC SCREENING, DIAGNOSIS, AND
19 TREATMENT SERVICES.--The agency shall pay for early and
20 periodic screening and diagnosis of a recipient under age 21
21 to ascertain physical and mental problems and conditions and
22 provide treatment to correct or ameliorate these problems and
23 conditions. These services include all services determined by
24 the agency to be medically necessary for the treatment,
25 correction, or amelioration of these problems, including
26 personal care, private duty nursing, durable medical
27 equipment, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech
28 therapy, respiratory therapy, and immunizations.
29 (3) FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES.--The agency shall pay
30 for services necessary to enable a recipient voluntarily to
31 plan family size or to space children. These services include
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1 information; education; counseling regarding the availability,
2 benefits, and risks of each method of pregnancy prevention;
3 drugs and supplies; and necessary medical care and followup.
4 Each recipient participating in the family planning portion of
5 the Medicaid program must be provided freedom to choose any
6 alternative method of family planning, as required by federal
7 law.
8 (4) HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES.--The agency shall pay
9 for nursing and home health aide services, supplies,
10 appliances, and durable medical equipment, necessary to assist
11 a recipient living at home. An entity that provides services
12 pursuant to this subsection shall be licensed under part IV of
13 chapter 400 or part II of chapter 499, if appropriate. These
14 services, equipment, and supplies, or reimbursement therefor,
15 may be limited as provided in the General Appropriations Act
16 and do not include services, equipment, or supplies provided
17 to a person residing in a hospital or nursing facility. In
18 providing home health care services, the agency may require
19 prior authorization of care based on diagnosis.
20 (5) HOSPITAL INPATIENT SERVICES.--The agency shall pay
21 for all covered services provided for the medical care and
22 treatment of a recipient who is admitted as an inpatient by a
23 licensed physician or dentist to a hospital licensed under
24 part I of chapter 395. However, the agency shall limit the
25 payment for inpatient hospital services for a Medicaid
26 recipient 21 years of age or older to 45 days or the number of
27 days necessary to comply with the General Appropriations Act.
28 (a) The agency is authorized to implement
29 reimbursement and utilization management reforms in order to
30 comply with any limitations or directions in the General
31 Appropriations Act, which may include, but are not limited to:
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1 prior authorization for inpatient psychiatric days; enhanced
2 utilization and concurrent review programs for highly utilized
3 services; reduction or elimination of covered days of service;
4 adjusting reimbursement ceilings for variable costs; adjusting
5 reimbursement ceilings for fixed and property costs; and
6 implementing target rates of increase.
7 (b) A licensed hospital maintained primarily for the
8 care and treatment of patients having mental disorders or
9 mental diseases is not eligible to participate in the hospital
10 inpatient portion of the Medicaid program except as provided
11 in federal law. However, the department shall apply for a
12 waiver, within 9 months after June 5, 1991, designed to
13 provide hospitalization services for mental health reasons to
14 children and adults in the most cost-effective and lowest cost
15 setting possible. Such waiver shall include a request for the
16 opportunity to pay for care in hospitals known under federal
17 law as "institutions for mental disease" or "IMD's." The
18 waiver proposal shall propose no additional aggregate cost to
19 the state or Federal Government, and shall be conducted in
20 Hillsborough County, Highlands County, Hardee County, Manatee
21 County, and Polk County. The waiver proposal may incorporate
22 competitive bidding for hospital services, comprehensive
23 brokering, prepaid capitated arrangements, or other mechanisms
24 deemed by the department to show promise in reducing the cost
25 of acute care and increasing the effectiveness of preventive
26 care. When developing the waiver proposal, the department
27 shall take into account price, quality, accessibility,
28 linkages of the hospital to community services and family
29 support programs, plans of the hospital to ensure the earliest
30 discharge possible, and the comprehensiveness of the mental
31 health and other health care services offered by participating
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1 providers.
2 (c) Agency for Health Care Administration shall adjust
3 a hospital's current inpatient per diem rate to reflect the
4 cost of serving the Medicaid population at that institution
5 if:
6 1. The hospital experiences an increase in Medicaid
7 caseload by more than 25 percent in any year, primarily
8 resulting from the closure of a hospital in the same service
9 area occurring after July 1, 1995; or
10 2. The hospital's Medicaid per diem rate is at least
11 25 percent below the Medicaid per patient cost for that year.
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13 No later than November 1, 2000, the agency must provide
14 estimated costs for any adjustment in a hospital inpatient per
15 diem pursuant to this paragraph to the Executive Office of the
16 Governor, the House of Representatives General Appropriations
17 Committee, and the Senate Budget Committee. Before the agency
18 implements a change in a hospital's inpatient per diem rate
19 pursuant to this paragraph, the Legislature must have
20 specifically appropriated sufficient funds in the 2001-2002
21 General Appropriations Act to support the increase in cost as
22 estimated by the agency. This paragraph is repealed on July 1,
23 2001.
24 (6) HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT SERVICES.--The agency shall
25 pay for preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, or palliative
26 care and other services provided to a recipient in the
27 outpatient portion of a hospital licensed under part I of
28 chapter 395, and provided under the direction of a licensed
29 physician or licensed dentist, except that payment for such
30 care and services is limited to $1,500 per state fiscal year
31 per recipient, unless an exception has been made by the
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1 agency, and with the exception of a Medicaid recipient under
2 age 21, in which case the only limitation is medical
3 necessity.
4 (7) INDEPENDENT LABORATORY SERVICES.--The agency shall
5 pay for medically necessary diagnostic laboratory procedures
6 ordered by a licensed physician or other licensed practitioner
7 of the healing arts which are provided for a recipient in a
8 laboratory that meets the requirements for Medicare
9 participation and is licensed under chapter 483, if required.
10 (8) NURSING FACILITY SERVICES.--The agency shall pay
11 for 24-hour-a-day nursing and rehabilitative services for a
12 recipient in a nursing facility licensed under part II of
13 chapter 400 or in a rural hospital, as defined in s. 395.602,
14 or in a Medicare certified skilled nursing facility operated
15 by a hospital, as defined by s. 395.002(11), that is licensed
16 under part I of chapter 395, and in accordance with provisions
17 set forth in s. 409.908(2)(a), which services are ordered by
18 and provided under the direction of a licensed physician.
19 However, if a nursing facility has been destroyed or otherwise
20 made uninhabitable by natural disaster or other emergency and
21 another nursing facility is not available, the agency must pay
22 for similar services temporarily in a hospital licensed under
23 part I of chapter 395 provided federal funding is approved and
24 available.
25 (9) PHYSICIAN SERVICES.--The agency shall pay for
26 covered services and procedures rendered to a recipient by, or
27 under the personal supervision of, a person licensed under
28 state law to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine. These
29 services may be furnished in the physician's office, the
30 Medicaid recipient's home, a hospital, a nursing facility, or
31 elsewhere, but shall be medically necessary for the treatment
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1 of an injury, illness, or disease within the scope of the
2 practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine as defined by
3 state law. The agency shall not pay for services that are
4 clinically unproven, experimental, or for purely cosmetic
5 purposes.
6 (10) PORTABLE X-RAY SERVICES.--The agency shall pay
7 for professional and technical portable radiological services
8 ordered by a licensed physician or other licensed practitioner
9 of the healing arts which are provided by a licensed
10 professional in a setting other than a hospital, clinic, or
11 office of a physician or practitioner of the healing arts, on
12 behalf of a recipient.
13 (11) RURAL HEALTH CLINIC SERVICES.--The agency shall
14 pay for outpatient primary health care services for a
15 recipient provided by a clinic certified by and participating
16 in the Medicare program which is located in a federally
17 designated, rural, medically underserved area and has on its
18 staff one or more licensed primary care nurse practitioners or
19 physician assistants, and a licensed staff supervising
20 physician or a consulting supervising physician.
21 (12) TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.--The agency shall ensure
22 that appropriate transportation services are available for a
23 Medicaid recipient in need of transport to a qualified
24 Medicaid provider for medically necessary and
25 Medicaid-compensable services, provided a client's ability to
26 choose a specific transportation provider shall be limited to
27 those options resulting from policies established by the
28 agency to meet the fiscal limitations of the General
29 Appropriations Act. The agency may pay for transportation and
30 other related travel expenses as necessary only if these
31 services are not otherwise available.
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1 Section 2. Section 409.906, Florida Statutes, is
2 amended to read:
3 409.906 Optional Medicaid services.--Subject to
4 specific appropriations, the agency may make payments for
5 services which are optional to the state under Title XIX of
6 the Social Security Act and are furnished by Medicaid
7 providers to recipients who are determined to be eligible on
8 the dates on which the services were provided. Any optional
9 service that is provided shall be provided only when medically
10 necessary and in accordance with state and federal law.
11 Optional services rendered by providers in mobile units to
12 Medicaid recipients may be restricted or prohibited by the
13 agency. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent
14 or limit the agency from adjusting fees, reimbursement rates,
15 lengths of stay, number of visits, or number of services, or
16 making any other adjustments necessary to comply with the
17 availability of moneys and any limitations or directions
18 provided for in the General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.
19 If necessary to safeguard the state's systems of providing
20 services to elderly and disabled persons and subject to the
21 notice and review provisions of s. 216.177, the Governor may
22 direct the Agency for Health Care Administration to amend the
23 Medicaid state plan to delete the optional Medicaid service
24 known as "Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally
25 Disabled." Optional services may include:
26 (1) ADULT DENTURE SERVICES.--The agency may pay for
27 dentures, the procedures required to seat dentures, and the
28 repair and reline of dentures, provided by or under the
29 direction of a licensed dentist, for a recipient who is age 21
30 or older. However, Medicaid will not provide reimbursement for
31 dental services provided in a mobile dental unit, except for a
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1 mobile dental unit:
2 (a) Owned by, operated by, or having a contractual
3 agreement with the Department of Health and complying with
4 Medicaid's county health department clinic services program
5 specifications as a county health department clinic services
6 provider.
7 (b) Owned by, operated by, or having a contractual
8 arrangement with a federally qualified health center and
9 complying with Medicaid's federally qualified health center
10 specifications as a federally qualified health center
11 provider.
12 (c) Rendering dental services to Medicaid recipients,
13 21 years of age and older, at nursing facilities.
14 (d) Owned by, operated by, or having a contractual
15 agreement with a state-approved dental educational
16 institution.
17 (2) ADULT HEALTH SCREENING SERVICES.--The agency may
18 pay for an annual routine physical examination, conducted by
19 or under the direction of a licensed physician, for a
20 recipient age 21 or older, without regard to medical
21 necessity, in order to detect and prevent disease, disability,
22 or other health condition or its progression.
23 (3) AMBULATORY SURGICAL CENTER SERVICES.--The agency
24 may pay for services provided to a recipient in an ambulatory
25 surgical center licensed under part I of chapter 395, by or
26 under the direction of a licensed physician or dentist.
27 (4) BIRTH CENTER SERVICES.--The agency may pay for
28 examinations and delivery, recovery, and newborn assessment,
29 and related services, provided in a licensed birth center
30 staffed with licensed physicians, certified nurse midwives,
31 and midwives licensed in accordance with chapter 467, to a
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1 recipient expected to experience a low-risk pregnancy and
2 delivery.
3 (5) CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.--The agency may pay for
4 primary care case management services rendered to a recipient
5 pursuant to a federally approved waiver, and targeted case
6 management services for specific groups of targeted
7 recipients, for which funding has been provided and which are
8 rendered pursuant to federal guidelines. The agency is
9 authorized to limit reimbursement for targeted case management
10 services in order to comply with any limitations or directions
11 provided for in the General Appropriations Act.
12 Notwithstanding s. 216.292, the Department of Children and
13 Family Services may transfer general funds to the Agency for
14 Health Care Administration to fund state match requirements
15 exceeding the amount specified in the General Appropriations
16 Act for targeted case management services.
17 (6) CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES.--The agency may pay
18 for diagnostic, preventive, or corrective procedures,
19 including orthodontia in severe cases, provided to a recipient
20 under age 21, by or under the supervision of a licensed
21 dentist. Services provided under this program include
22 treatment of the teeth and associated structures of the oral
23 cavity, as well as treatment of disease, injury, or impairment
24 that may affect the oral or general health of the individual.
25 However, Medicaid will not provide reimbursement for dental
26 services provided in a mobile dental unit, except for a mobile
27 dental unit:
28 (a) Owned by, operated by, or having a contractual
29 agreement with the Department of Health and complying with
30 Medicaid's county health department clinic services program
31 specifications as a county health department clinic services
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1 provider.
2 (b) Owned by, operated by, or having a contractual
3 arrangement with a federally qualified health center and
4 complying with Medicaid's federally qualified health center
5 specifications as a federally qualified health center
6 provider.
7 (c) Rendering dental services to Medicaid recipients,
8 21 years of age and older, at nursing facilities.
9 (d) Owned by, operated by, or having a contractual
10 agreement with a state-approved dental educational
11 institution.
12 (7) CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES.--The agency may pay for
13 manual manipulation of the spine and initial services,
14 screening, and X rays provided to a recipient by a licensed
15 chiropractic physician.
16 (8) COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.--The agency may
17 pay for rehabilitative services provided to a recipient by a
18 mental health or substance abuse provider licensed by the
19 agency and under contract with the agency or the Department of
20 Children and Family Services to provide such services. Those
21 services which are psychiatric in nature shall be rendered or
22 recommended by a psychiatrist, and those services which are
23 medical in nature shall be rendered or recommended by a
24 physician or psychiatrist. The agency must develop a provider
25 enrollment process for community mental health providers which
26 bases provider enrollment on an assessment of service need.
27 The provider enrollment process shall be designed to control
28 costs, prevent fraud and abuse, consider provider expertise
29 and capacity, and assess provider success in managing
30 utilization of care and measuring treatment outcomes.
31 Providers will be selected through a competitive procurement
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1 or selective contracting process. In addition to other
2 community mental health providers, the agency shall consider
3 for enrollment mental health programs licensed under chapter
4 395 and group practices licensed under chapter 458, chapter
5 459, chapter 490, or chapter 491. The agency is also
6 authorized to continue operation of its behavioral health
7 utilization management program and may develop new services if
8 these actions are necessary to ensure savings from the
9 implementation of the utilization management system. The
10 agency shall coordinate the implementation of this enrollment
11 process with the Department of Children and Family Services
12 and the Department of Juvenile Justice. The agency is
13 authorized to utilize diagnostic criteria in setting
14 reimbursement rates, to preauthorize certain high-cost or
15 highly utilized services, to limit or eliminate coverage for
16 certain services, or to make any other adjustments necessary
17 to comply with any limitations or directions provided for in
18 the General Appropriations Act.
19 (9) DIALYSIS FACILITY SERVICES.--Subject to specific
20 appropriations being provided for this purpose, the agency may
21 pay a dialysis facility that is approved as a dialysis
22 facility in accordance with Title XVIII of the Social Security
23 Act, for dialysis services that are provided to a Medicaid
24 recipient under the direction of a physician licensed to
25 practice medicine or osteopathic medicine in this state,
26 including dialysis services provided in the recipient's home
27 by a hospital-based or freestanding dialysis facility.
28 (10) DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.--The agency may
29 authorize and pay for certain durable medical equipment and
30 supplies provided to a Medicaid recipient as medically
31 necessary.
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1 (11) HEALTHY START SERVICES.--The agency may pay for a
2 continuum of risk-appropriate medical and psychosocial
3 services for the Healthy Start program in accordance with a
4 federal waiver. The agency may not implement the federal
5 waiver unless the waiver permits the state to limit enrollment
6 or the amount, duration, and scope of services to ensure that
7 expenditures will not exceed funds appropriated by the
8 Legislature or available from local sources. If the Health
9 Care Financing Administration does not approve a federal
10 waiver for Healthy Start services, the agency, in consultation
11 with the Department of Health and the Florida Association of
12 Healthy Start Coalitions, is authorized to establish a
13 Medicaid certified-match program for Healthy Start services.
14 Participation in the Healthy Start certified-match program
15 shall be voluntary, and reimbursement shall be limited to the
16 federal Medicaid share to Medicaid-enrolled Healthy Start
17 coalitions for services provided to Medicaid recipients. The
18 agency shall take no action to implement a certified-match
19 program without ensuring that the amendment and review
20 requirements of ss. 216.177 and 216.181 have been met.
21 (12) HEARING SERVICES.--The agency may pay for hearing
22 and related services, including hearing evaluations, hearing
23 aid devices, dispensing of the hearing aid, and related
24 repairs, if provided to a recipient by a licensed hearing aid
25 specialist, otolaryngologist, otologist, audiologist, or
26 physician.
27 (13) HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES.--The agency
28 may pay for home-based or community-based services that are
29 rendered to a recipient in accordance with a federally
30 approved waiver program.
31 (14) HOSPICE CARE SERVICES.--The agency may pay for
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1 all reasonable and necessary services for the palliation or
2 management of a recipient's terminal illness, if the services
3 are provided by a hospice that is licensed under part VI of
4 chapter 400 and meets Medicare certification requirements.
5 (15) INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITY FOR THE
6 DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED SERVICES.--The agency may pay for
7 health-related care and services provided on a 24-hour-a-day
8 basis by a facility licensed and certified as a Medicaid
9 Intermediate Care Facility for the Developmentally Disabled,
10 for a recipient who needs such care because of a developmental
11 disability.
12 (16) INTERMEDIATE CARE SERVICES.--The agency may pay
13 for 24-hour-a-day intermediate care nursing and rehabilitation
14 services rendered to a recipient in a nursing facility
15 licensed under part II of chapter 400, if the services are
16 ordered by and provided under the direction of a physician.
17 (17) OPTOMETRIC SERVICES.--The agency may pay for
18 services provided to a recipient, including examination,
19 diagnosis, treatment, and management, related to ocular
20 pathology, if the services are provided by a licensed
21 optometrist or physician.
22 (18) PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT SERVICES.--The agency may pay
23 for all services provided to a recipient by a physician
24 assistant licensed under s. 458.347 or s. 459.022.
25 Reimbursement for such services must be not less than 80
26 percent of the reimbursement that would be paid to a physician
27 who provided the same services.
28 (19) PODIATRIC SERVICES.--The agency may pay for
29 services, including diagnosis and medical, surgical,
30 palliative, and mechanical treatment, related to ailments of
31 the human foot and lower leg, if provided to a recipient by a
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1 podiatric physician licensed under state law.
2 (20) PRESCRIBED DRUG SERVICES.--The agency may pay for
3 medications that are prescribed for a recipient by a physician
4 or other licensed practitioner of the healing arts authorized
5 to prescribe medications and that are dispensed to the
6 recipient by a licensed pharmacist or physician in accordance
7 with applicable state and federal law.
8 (21) REGISTERED NURSE FIRST ASSISTANT SERVICES.--The
9 agency may pay for all services provided to a recipient by a
10 registered nurse first assistant as described in s. 464.027.
11 Reimbursement for such services may not be less than 80
12 percent of the reimbursement that would be paid to a physician
13 providing the same services.
14 (22) STATE HOSPITAL SERVICES.--The agency may pay for
15 all-inclusive psychiatric inpatient hospital care provided to
16 a recipient age 65 or older in a state mental hospital.
17 (23) VISUAL SERVICES.--The agency may pay for visual
18 examinations, eyeglasses, and eyeglass repairs for a
19 recipient, if they are prescribed by a licensed physician
20 specializing in diseases of the eye or by a licensed
21 optometrist.
22 (24) CHILD-WELFARE-TARGETED CASE MANAGEMENT.--The
23 Agency for Health Care Administration, in consultation with
24 the Department of Children and Family Services, may establish
25 a targeted case-management pilot project in those counties
26 identified by the Department of Children and Family Services
27 and for the community-based child welfare project in Sarasota
28 and Manatee counties, as authorized under s. 409.1671. These
29 projects shall be established for the purpose of determining
30 the impact of targeted case management on the child welfare
31 program and the earnings from the child welfare program.
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1 Results of the pilot projects shall be reported to the Child
2 Welfare Estimating Conference and the Social Services
3 Estimating Conference established under s. 216.136. The number
4 of projects may not be increased until requested by the
5 Department of Children and Family Services, recommended by the
6 Child Welfare Estimating Conference and the Social Services
7 Estimating Conference, and approved by the Legislature. The
8 covered group of individuals who are eligible to receive
9 targeted case management include children who are eligible for
10 Medicaid; who are between the ages of birth through 21; and
11 who are under protective supervision or postplacement
12 supervision, under foster-care supervision, or in shelter care
13 or foster care. The number of individuals who are eligible to
14 receive targeted case management shall be limited to the
15 number for whom the Department of Children and Family Services
16 has available matching funds to cover the costs. The general
17 revenue funds required to match the funds for services
18 provided by the community-based child welfare projects are
19 limited to funds available for services described under s.
20 409.1671. The Department of Children and Family Services may
21 transfer the general revenue matching funds as billed by the
22 Agency for Health Care Administration.
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1 An act relating to Medicaid services; amending
2 s. 409.905, F.S.; providing that the Agency for
3 Health Care Administration may restrict the
4 provision of mandatory services by mobile
5 providers; amending s. 409.906, F.S.; providing
6 that the agency may restrict or prohibit the
7 provision of services by mobile providers;
8 providing that Medicaid will not provide
9 reimbursement for dental services provided in
10 mobile dental units, except for certain units;
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