Senate Bill sb0440

    Florida Senate - 2001                                   SB 440

    By Senator Latvala





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Medicaid eligibility;

  3         amending s. 409.904, F.S.; providing Medicaid

  4         eligibility for certain disabled persons under

  5         a Medicaid buy-in program, subject to specific

  6         federal authorization; directing the Agency for

  7         Health Care Administration to seek a federal

  8         grant, demonstration project, or waiver for

  9         establishment of such buy-in program, subject

10         to a specific appropriation; providing an

11         effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Subsection (9) is added to section 409.904,

16  Florida Statutes, to read:

17         409.904  Optional payments for eligible persons.--The

18  agency may make payments for medical assistance and related

19  services on behalf of the following persons who are determined

20  to be eligible subject to the income, assets, and categorical

21  eligibility tests set forth in federal and state law.  Payment

22  on behalf of these Medicaid eligible persons is subject to the

23  availability of moneys and any limitations established by the

24  General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.

25         (9)  Subject to specific federal authorization, a

26  person who, but for earnings in excess of the limit

27  established under s. 1905(q)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act,

28  would be considered eligible for supplemental security income,

29  who is at least 16 but less than 65 years of age, and whose

30  assets, resources, and earned or unearned income, or both, do

31  not exceed 250 percent of the most current federal poverty

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  1  level. Such persons may be eligible for Medicaid services as

  2  part of a Medicaid buy-in established under s. 409.914(2)

  3  specifically designed to accommodate those persons made

  4  eligible for such a buy-in by Title II of Pub. L. No. 106-170.

  5  Such a buy-in must include income-related premiums and cost

  6  sharing.

  7         Section 2.  Subject to a specific appropriation, the

  8  Agency for Health Care Administration is directed to seek a

  9  federal grant, demonstration project, or waiver from the

10  United States Department of Health and Human Services for

11  purposes of establishing a Medicaid buy-in program for certain

12  disabled persons whose medical improvements permit them to

13  return to work. The services to be provided under the buy-in

14  are those medical assistance services required to enable such

15  individuals to remain employed. The grant, demonstration

16  project, or waiver application shall be submitted to the

17  Secretary of Health and Human Services at such time, in such

18  manner, and containing such information as the secretary

19  requires, as authorized under Title II of Pub. L. No. 106-170,

20  the "Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Act of 1999."

21         Section 3.  This act shall take effect October 1, 2001.

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24                          SENATE SUMMARY

25    Provides Medicaid eligibility under a Medicaid buy-in
      program to provide medical assistance to disabled persons
26    who meet described criteria, subject to specific federal
      authorization. Subject to a specific appropriation,
27    directs the Agency for Health Care Administration to seek
      a grant, demonstration project, or waiver from the U.S.
28    Secretary of Health and Human Services for the purpose of
      establishing such a buy-in program.
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