House Bill hb0715

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 715

        By Representatives Lerner, Detert, Ritter, Henriquez,
    Greenstein, Heyman, Rich, Weissman, Mahon, Frankel, Sobel,
    Seiler, Betancourt, Meadows, Ausley and Kosmas




  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Medicaid assistance for

  3         breast and cervical cancer treatment; amending

  4         s. 409.906, F.S.; authorizing Medicaid

  5         reimbursement for medical assistance provided

  6         to certain persons for treatment of breast or

  7         cervical cancer; providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (25) is added to section

12  409.906, Florida Statutes, to read:

13         409.906  Optional Medicaid services.--Subject to

14  specific appropriations, the agency may make payments for

15  services which are optional to the state under Title XIX of

16  the Social Security Act and are furnished by Medicaid

17  providers to recipients who are determined to be eligible on

18  the dates on which the services were provided.  Any optional

19  service that is provided shall be provided only when medically

20  necessary and in accordance with state and federal law.

21  Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent or limit

22  the agency from adjusting fees, reimbursement rates, lengths

23  of stay, number of visits, or number of services, or making

24  any other adjustments necessary to comply with the

25  availability of moneys and any limitations or directions

26  provided for in the General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.

27  If necessary to safeguard the state's systems of providing

28  services to elderly and disabled persons and subject to the

29  notice and review provisions of s. 216.177, the Governor may

30  direct the Agency for Health Care Administration to amend the

31  Medicaid state plan to delete the optional Medicaid service

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                 HB 715

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  1  known as "Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally

  2  Disabled."  Optional services may include:

  3         (25)  BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER TREATMENT

  4  SERVICES.--The agency may pay for breast and cervical cancer

  5  treatment for persons who are eligible for such services under

  6  the federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and

  7  Treatment Act of 2000.

  8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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      Subject to specific appropriation, provides for Medicaid
13    reimbursement for breast and cervical cancer treatment
      for persons who are eligible for such services under the
14    federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and
      Treatment Act of 2000.
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