Senate Bill sb1520

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1520

    By Senator Constantine





    9-1307-01                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Medicaid environmental

  3         modification services; directing the Department

  4         of Elderly Affairs and the Department of

  5         Children and Family Services to develop

  6         procedures to provide for expedited approval of

  7         state-certified contractors to perform such

  8         services; 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.  The Department of Elderly Affairs shall

13  develop procedures to modify the application and screening

14  process under the Assisted Living for the Elderly Medicaid

15  waiver service system to provide for expedited approval of

16  qualified persons who are state-certified contractors to

17  perform environmental modification services for eligible

18  low-income elderly persons.

19         Section 2.  The Department of Children and Family

20  Services shall develop procedures to modify the application

21  and screening process under the developmental services

22  Medicaid waiver service system to provide for expedited

23  approval of qualified persons who are state-certified

24  contractors to perform environmental modification services for

25  eligible developmentally disabled persons.

26         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

27  law.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1520
    9-1307-01                                               See HB




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      Directs the Department of Elderly Affairs and the
  4    Department of Children and Family Services to develop
      procedures to provide for expedited approval of
  5    state-certified contractors to perform Medicaid
      environmental modification services for eligible elderly
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