SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1558, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 382766
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 54. Section 409.91188, Florida Statutes, is
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19 409.91188 Specialty prepaid health plans for Medicaid
20 recipients with HIV or AIDS.--The Agency for Health Care
21 Administration is authorized to contract with specialty
22 prepaid health plans and pay them on a prepaid capitated basis
23 to provide Medicaid benefits to Medicaid-eligible recipients
24 who have human immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV) or acquired
25 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The agency shall apply for
26 and is authorized to implement federal waivers or other
27 necessary federal authorization to implement the prepaid
28 health plans authorized by this section. The agency shall
29 procure the specialty prepaid health plans through a
30 competitive procurement. In awarding a contract to a managed
31 care plan, the agency shall take into account price, quality,
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SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1558, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 382766
1 accessibility, linkages to community-based organizations, and
2 the comprehensiveness of the benefit package offered by the
3 plan. The agency may bid the HIV/AIDS specialty plans on a
4 county, regional, or statewide basis. Qualified plans must be
5 licensed under chapter 641. The agency shall monitor and
6 evaluate the implementation of this waiver program if it is
7 approved by the Federal Government and shall report on its
8 status to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
9 House of Representatives by February 1, 2001. To improve
10 coordination of medical care delivery and to increase
11 cost-efficiency for the Medicaid program in treating HIV
12 disease, the Agency for Healthcare Administration shall seek
13 all necessary federal waivers to allow participation in the
14 Medipass HIV disease management program for Medicare
15 beneficiaries who test positive for HIV infection and who also
16 qualify for Medicaid benefits such as prescription medications
17 not covered by Medicare.
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23 And the title is amended as follows:
24 On page 3, line 22, after the semicolon,
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27 amending s. 409.91188, F.S.; requiring the
28 Agency for Health Care Administration to seek
29 certain waivers to allow certain Medicare
30 beneficiaries to participate in the Medipass
31 HIV disease management program;
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