House Bill hb1169

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1169

        By Representative Frankel






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to displaced low-income

  3         workers; authorizing the Department of Children

  4         and Family Services to provide Medicaid

  5         eligibility by rule to certain unemployed

  6         persons; authorizing the state to provide a

  7         COBRA insurance premium subsidy to certain

  8         unemployed persons; providing for future

  9         repeal; providing effective dates.

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

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13         Section 1.  (1)  The Department of Children and Family

14  Services may provide by rule that persons who become or became

15  unemployed after September 11, 2001, who are not eligible for

16  insurance coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget

17  Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) shall be eligible for

18  Medicaid coverage.

19         (2)  This section is repealed effective December 31,

20  2002.

21         (3)  This section shall take effect on the effective

22  date of federal legislation authorizing the expansion of

23  Medicaid coverage to persons who become or became unemployed

24  after September 11, 2001, if such federal legislation provides

25  for enhanced federal Medicaid matching rates.

26         Section 2.  (1)  For persons who become or became

27  unemployed after September 11, 2001, who are eligible for

28  insurance coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget

29  Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) but who are unable to

30  afford the premium, the state may subsidize up to 25 percent

31  of the premium.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                HB 1169

    115-223C-02






  1         (2)  This section is repealed effective December 31,

  2  2002.

  3         (3)  This section shall take effect on the effective

  4  date of federal legislation authorizing a 75-percent premium

  5  subsidy for persons eligible for COBRA insurance coverage who

  6  become or became unemployed after September 11, 2001, if such

  7  federal legislation provides for enhanced federal Medicaid

  8  matching rates.

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

10  law.

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13                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Effective on the effective date of federal enabling
15    legislation providing for enhanced federal Medicaid
      matching rates, authorizes the Department of Children and
16    Family Services to provide Medicaid eligibility by rule
      to persons who become or became unemployed after
17    September 11, 2001, and are ineligible for COBRA
      insurance coverage. Effective on the effective date of
18    federal legislation providing a 75-percent premium
      subsidy for persons eligible for COBRA coverage who
19    become or became unemployed after September 11, 2001, and
      who are unable to afford the premium, authorizes a state
20    subsidy of up to 25 percent of the premium, if enhanced
      federal Medicaid matching rates are provided. Provides
21    for future repeal.

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