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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 596

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 432038

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11  Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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18         (b)  The agency shall operate the CARES program through

19  an interagency agreement with the Department of Elderly

20  Affairs.

21         (c)  Prior to making payment for nursing facility

22  services for a Medicaid recipient, the agency must verify that

23  the nursing facility preadmission screening program has

24  determined that the individual requires nursing facility care

25  and that the individual cannot be safely served in

26  community-based programs. The nursing facility preadmission

27  screening program shall refer a Medicaid recipient to a

28  community-based program if the individual could be safely

29  served at a lower cost and the recipient chooses to

30  participate in such program.

31         (d)  By January 1 of each year, the agency shall submit

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 596

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 432038





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  2  And the title is amended as follows:

  3         On page 1, lines 16 and 17, delete those lines

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  6         preadmission screening program through an

  7         interagency agreement with the Department of

  8         Elderly Affairs;

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