Senate Bill sb2048e1

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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Medicaid services; providing

  3         a short title; providing coverage for certain

  4         organ-transplant services; amending s. 409.915,

  5         F.S.; exempting counties from contributions for

  6         such services; providing 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.  This act may be cited as the "Jennifer

11  Knight Medicaid Lung Transplant Act."

12         Section 2.  Subject to the availability of funds and

13  subject to any limitations or directions provided for in the

14  General Appropriations Act or chapter 216, Florida Statutes,

15  the Agency for Health Care Administration Medicaid program

16  shall pay for medically necessary lung transplant services.

17         Section 3.  Subsection (1) of section 409.915, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         409.915  County contributions to Medicaid.--Although

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

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

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

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

24  service as provided in this section.

25         (1)  Each county shall participate in the following

26  items of care and service:

27         (a)  For both health maintenance members and

28  fee-for-service beneficiaries, payments for inpatient

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

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

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


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  1  not participate in the Medicaid medically needy program, and

  2  for adult lung transplant services.

  3         (b)  Payments for nursing home or intermediate

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

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

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

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