House Bill hb1415c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2002             CS/HB 1415

        By the Fiscal Responsibility Council and Representatives
    McGriff, Goodlette, Harrell, Green, Justice, Hogan, Kosmas and
    Gottlieb




  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Medicaid services; providing

  3         coverage for certain organ transplant services;

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

  5         from contributions for such services; providing

  6         an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Subject to the availability of funds and

11  subject to any limitations or directions provided for in the

12  General Appropriations Act or chapter 216, Florida Statutes,

13  the Medicaid program of the Agency for Health Care

14  Administration shall pay for medically necessary lung

15  transplant services.

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

17  Statutes, is amended to read:

18         409.915  County contributions to Medicaid.--Although

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

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

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

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

23  service as provided in this section.

24         (1)  Each county shall participate in the following

25  items of care and service:

26         (a)  For both health maintenance members and

27  fee-for-service beneficiaries, payments for inpatient

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

29  days, with the exception of payments for:

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002             CS/HB 1415

    187-972-02






  1         1.  Pregnant women and children whose income is in

  2  excess of the federal poverty level and who do not participate

  3  in the Medicaid medically needy program.

  4         2.  Adult lung transplant services.

  5         (b)  Payments for nursing home or intermediate

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

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

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

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