Senate Bill sb1238

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1238

    By Senator Jones





    40-1217-02                                              See HB

  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         expiration; 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 expires December 31, 2002.

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

21  date of federal legislation authorizing the expansion of

22  Medicaid coverage to persons who become or became unemployed

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

24  for enhanced federal Medicaid matching rates.

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

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

27  insurance coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget

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

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

30  of the premium.

31         (2)  This section expires December 31, 2002.

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1238
    40-1217-02                                              See HB




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

  2  date of federal legislation authorizing a 75-percent premium

  3  subsidy for persons eligible for COBRA insurance coverage who

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

  5  federal legislation provides for enhanced federal Medicaid

  6  matching rates.

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

  8  law.

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11                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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