Senate Bill sb2048e2

    CS for SB 2048                          Second Engrossed (ntc)



  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 for

17  Medicaid recipients.

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

19  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         (1)  Each county shall participate in the following

27  items of care and service:

28         (a)  For both health maintenance members and

29  fee-for-service beneficiaries, payments for inpatient

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

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


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    CS for SB 2048                          Second Engrossed (ntc)



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

  2  not participate in the Medicaid medically needy program, and

  3  for adult lung transplant services.

  4         (b)  Payments for nursing home or intermediate

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

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

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

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