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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1975

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

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11  Representative(s) Cusack offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with directory language amendment) 

14         On page 9, between lines 15 and  16,

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16  and insert:  (2)  A family, a pregnant woman, a child under

17  age 18, a person age 65 or over, or a blind or disabled person

18  who would be eligible under any group listed in s. 409.903(1),

19  (2), or (3), except that the income or assets of such family

20  or person exceed established limitations.

21         (a)  A pregnant woman who would otherwise qualify for

22  Medicaid under s. 409.903(5) except for her level of income

23  and whose assets fall within the limits established by the

24  Department of Children and Family Services for the medically

25  needy.  A pregnant woman who applies for medically needy

26  eligibility may not be made presumptively eligible.

27         (b)  A child under age 21 who would otherwise qualify

28  for Medicaid or the Florida Kidcare program except for the

29  family's level of income and whose assets fall within the

30  limits established by the Department of Children and Family

31  Services for the medically needy.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                                  Bill No. HB 1975

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





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  2  For a family or person in this group, medical expenses are

  3  deductible from income in accordance with federal requirements

  4  in order to make a determination of eligibility.  A family or

  5  person in this group, which group is known as the "medically

  6  needy," is eligible to receive the same services as other

  7  Medicaid recipients, with the exception of services in skilled

  8  nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities for the

  9  developmentally disabled.

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12  == D I R E C T O R Y   L A N G U A G E   A M E N D M E N T ==

13  And the directory language is amended as follows:

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15  remove:  all of said lines

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18         Section 6.  Effective July 1, 2002, subsections (1) and

19  (2) of section 409.904, Florida Statutes, as amended by

20  section 2 of chapter 2001-377, Laws of Florida, are amended to

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