SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1558, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 263906
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11 Senator Saunders moved the following amendment to amendment
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 144. Section 409.91188, Florida Statutes, is
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20 409.91188 Specialty prepaid health plans for Medicaid
21 recipients with HIV or AIDS.--The Agency for Health Care
22 Administration is authorized to contract with specialty
23 prepaid health plans and pay them on a prepaid capitated basis
24 to provide Medicaid benefits to Medicaid-eligible recipients
25 who have human immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV) or acquired
26 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The agency shall apply for
27 and is authorized to implement federal waivers or other
28 necessary federal authorization to implement the prepaid
29 health plans authorized by this section. The agency shall
30 procure the specialty prepaid health plans through a
31 competitive procurement. In awarding a contract to a managed
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1 care plan, the agency shall take into account price, quality,
2 accessibility, linkages to community-based organizations, and
3 the comprehensiveness of the benefit package offered by the
4 plan. The agency may bid the HIV/AIDS specialty plans on a
5 county, regional, or statewide basis. Qualified plans must be
6 licensed under chapter 641. The agency shall monitor and
7 evaluate the implementation of this waiver program if it is
8 approved by the Federal Government and shall report on its
9 status to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
10 House of Representatives by February 1, 2001. To improve
11 coordination of medical care delivery and to increase
12 cost-efficiency for the Medicaid program in treating HIV
13 disease, the Agency for Healthcare Administration shall seek
14 all necessary federal waivers to allow participation in the
15 Medipass HIV disease management program for Medicare
16 beneficiaries who test positive for HIV infection and who also
17 qualify for Medicaid benefits such as prescription medications
18 not covered by Medicare.
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24 And the title is amended as follows:
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28 amending s. 409.91188, F.S.; requiring the
29 Agency for Health Care Administration to seek
30 certain waivers to allow certain Medicare
31 beneficiaries to participate in the Medipass
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