HOUSE AMENDMENT

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

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11  Representative(s) Joyner offered the following:

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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 11, between lines 17 and 18,

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17         Section 8.    Effective July 1, 2002, subsections (1),

18  (12) and (23) of section 409.906, Florida Statutes as amended

19  by Section 3 of chapter 2001-377, Laws of Florida, are amended

20  to read:

21         409.906  Optional Medicaid services.--Subject to

22  specific appropriations, the agency may make payments for

23  services which are optional to the state under Title XIX of

24  the Social Security Act and are furnished by Medicaid

25  providers to recipients who are determined to be eligible on

26  the dates on which the services were provided.  Any optional

27  service that is provided shall be provided only when medically

28  necessary and in accordance with state and federal law.

29  Optional services rendered by providers in mobile units to

30  Medicaid recipients may be restricted or prohibited by the

31  agency. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent

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  1  or limit the agency from adjusting fees, reimbursement rates,

  2  lengths of stay, number of visits, or number of services, or

  3  making any other adjustments necessary to comply with the

  4  availability of moneys and any limitations or directions

  5  provided for in the General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.

  6  If necessary to safeguard the state's systems of providing

  7  services to elderly and disabled persons and subject to the

  8  notice and review provisions of s. 216.177, the Governor may

  9  direct the Agency for Health Care Administration to amend the

10  Medicaid state plan to delete the optional Medicaid service

11  known as "Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally

12  Disabled."  Optional services may include:

13         (1)  ADULT DENTURE SERVICES.--The agency may pay for

14  dentures, the procedures required to seat dentures, and the

15  repair and reline of dentures, provided by or under the

16  direction of a licensed dentist, for a recipient who is age 21

17  or older. However, Medicaid will not provide reimbursement for

18  dental services provided in a mobile dental unit, except for a

19  mobile dental unit:

20         (a)  Owned by, operated by, or having a contractual

21  agreement with the Department of Health and complying with

22  Medicaid's county health department clinic services program

23  specifications as a county health department clinic services

24  provider.

25         (b)  Owned by, operated by, or having a contractual

26  arrangement with a federally qualified health center and

27  complying with Medicaid's federally qualified health center

28  specifications as a federally qualified health center

29  provider.

30         (c)  Rendering dental services to Medicaid recipients,

31  21 years of age and older, at nursing facilities.

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  1         (d)  Owned by, operated by, or having a contractual

  2  agreement with a state-approved dental educational

  3  institution.

  4         (e)  This subsection is repealed July 1, 2002.

  5         (12)  CHILDREN'S HEARING SERVICES.--The agency may pay

  6  for hearing and related services, including hearing

  7  evaluations, hearing aid devices, dispensing of the hearing

  8  aid, and related repairs, if provided to a recipient under age

  9  21 by a licensed hearing aid specialist, otolaryngologist,

10  otologist, audiologist, or physician.

11         (23)  CHILDREN'S VISUAL SERVICES.--The agency may pay

12  for visual examinations, eyeglasses, and eyeglass repairs for

13  a recipient under age 21, if they are prescribed by a licensed

14  physician specializing in diseases of the eye or by a licensed

15  optometrist

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19  And the title is amended as follows:

20         On page 1, line 22 after the semicolon,

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23         amending s. 409.906, F.S.; revising guidelines

24         for payment for certain services; revising

25         eligibility for certain Medicaid services;

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