Senate Bill sb2048c1

    Florida Senate - 2002                           CS for SB 2048

    By the Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care; and
    Senator Saunders




    317-1927-02

  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 Agency for Health Care Administration Medicaid program

14  shall pay for medically necessary lung transplant services.

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

16  Statutes, is amended to read:

17         409.915  County contributions to Medicaid.--Although

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

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

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

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

22  service as provided in this section.

23         (1)  Each county shall participate in the following

24  items of care and service:

25         (a)  For both health maintenance members and

26  fee-for-service beneficiaries, payments for inpatient

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

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

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

30  not participate in the Medicaid medically needy program, and

31  for adult lung transplant services.

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    Florida Senate - 2002                           CS for SB 2048
    317-1927-02




  1         (b)  Payments for nursing home or intermediate

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

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

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

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  6          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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  9  The CS for SB 2048 requires coverage for lung transplants
    under Medicaid, and exempts adult lung transplants from the
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