SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS/HB 507, 2nd Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 314146
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11  Senator Saunders moved the following amendment to amendment
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 97 between lines 23 and 24,
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18         Section 80.  Sections 80-82 may be cited as the
19  "Jennifer Knight Medicaid Lung Transplant Act."
20         Section 81.  Subject to the availability of funds and
21  subject to any limitations or directions provided for in the
22  General Appropriations Act or chapter 216, Florida Statutes,
23  the Agency for Health Care Administration Medicaid program
24  shall pay for medically necessary lung transplant services for
25  Medicaid recipients.
26         Section 82.  Subsection (1) of section 409.915, Florida
27  Statutes, is amended to read:
28         409.915  County contributions to Medicaid.--Although
29  the state is responsible for the full portion of the state
30  share of the matching funds required for the Medicaid program,
31  in order to acquire a certain portion of these funds, the
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS/HB 507, 2nd Eng.
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 314146
 1  state shall charge the counties for certain items of care and
 2  service as provided in this section.
 3         (1)  Each county shall participate in the following
 4  items of care and service:
 5         (a)  For both health maintenance members and
 6  fee-for-service beneficiaries, payments for inpatient
 7  hospitalization in excess of 10 days, but not in excess of 45
 8  days, with the exception of pregnant women and children whose
 9  income is in excess of the federal poverty level and who do
10  not participate in the Medicaid medically needy program, and
11  for adult lung transplant services.
12         (b)  Payments for nursing home or intermediate
13  facilities care in excess of $170 per month, with the
14  exception of skilled nursing care for children under age 21.
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16  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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20  And the title is amended as follows:
21         On page 107, line 21, after the semicolon
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24         providing a short title; providing coverage for
25         certain organ-transplant services; amending s.
26         409.915, F.S.; exempting counties from
27         contributions for such services;
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