HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                        Bill No. HB 1975, 1st Eng.

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

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11  Representative(s) Murman offered the following:

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13         Amendment 

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15  remove:  all of said lines

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18         Section 18.  Effective October 1, 2002, subsection (2)

19  of section 409.915, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

20         409.915  County contributions to Medicaid.--Although

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

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

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

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

25  service as provided in this section.

26         (2)  A county's participation must be 35 percent of the

27  total cost, or the applicable discounted cost paid by the

28  state for Medicaid recipients enrolled in health maintenance

29  organizations or prepaid health plans, of providing the items

30  listed in subsection (1), except that the payments for items

31  listed in paragraph (1)(b) may not exceed $55 per month per

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                        Bill No. HB 1975, 1st Eng.

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





  1  person for small counties as defined in section 110.1228 and

  2  may not exceed $140 per month per person for all other

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