HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1415

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Health Regulation offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14  Remove everything after the enacting clause

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17         Section 1.  Subject to the availability of funds and

18  subject to any limitations or directions provided for in the

19  General Appropriations Act or chapter 216, Florida Statutes,

20  the Agency for Health Care Administration Medicaid program

21  shall pay for medically necessary lung transplant services.

22         Section 2.  Subsection (1) of section 409.915, Florida

23  Statutes, is amended to read:

24         409.915  County contributions to Medicaid.--Although

25  the state is responsible for the full portion of the state

26  share of the matching funds required for the Medicaid program,

27  in order to acquire a certain portion of these funds, the

28  state shall charge the counties for certain items of care and

29  service as provided in this section.

30         (1)  Each county shall participate in the following

31  items of care and service:

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1415

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)





  1         (a)  For both health maintenance members and

  2  fee-for-service beneficiaries, payments for inpatient

  3  hospitalization in excess of 10 days, but not in excess of 45

  4  days, with the exception of pregnant women and children whose

  5  income is in excess of the federal poverty level and who do

  6  not participate in the Medicaid medically needy program, and

  7  for adult lung transplant services.

  8         (b)  Payments for nursing home or intermediate

  9  facilities care in excess of $170 per month, with the

10  exception of skilled nursing care for children under age 21.

11         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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15  And the title is amended as follows:

16         On page 1

17  remove:  the entire title

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20                      A bill to be entitled

21         An act relating to Medicaid services; providing

22         coverage for certain organ transplant services;

23         amending s. 409.915, F.S.; exempting counties

24         from contributions for such services; providing

25         an effective date.

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