HB 0155 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to optional medical assistance and related
3	services payments; amending s. 409.904, F.S.; providing
4	for Medicaid eligibility for certain disabled persons
5	under a Medicaid buy-in program, subject to specific
6	federal authorization; 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. Subsection (11) is added to section 409.904,
11	Florida Statutes, to read:
12	409.904 Optional payments for eligible persons.--The
13	agency may make payments for medical assistance and related
14	services on behalf of the following persons who are determined
15	to be eligible subject to the income, assets, and categorical
16	eligibility tests set forth in federal and state law. Payment
17	on behalf of these Medicaid eligible persons is subject to the
18	availability of moneys and any limitations established by the
19	General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.
20	(11) Subject to specific federal authorization, a person
21	who, but for earnings in excess of the limit established under
22	s. 1905(q)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act, would be considered
23	for receiving supplemental security income, who is at least 16
24	but less than 65 years of age, and whose assets, resources, and
25	earned or unearned income, or both, do not exceed 250 percent of
26	the most current federal poverty level. Such persons may be
27	eligible for Medicaid services as part of a Medicaid buy-in
28	established under s. 409.914(2) specifically designed to
29	accommodate those persons made eligible for such a buy-in by
30	Title II of Pub. L. No. 106-170. Such buy-in shall include
31	income-related premiums and cost sharing.
32	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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