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11 Senator Klein moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 62. Effective May 1, 2003, subsection (2) of
18 section 409.904, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19 409.904 Optional payments for eligible persons.--The
20 agency may make payments for medical assistance and related
21 services on behalf of the following persons who are determined
22 to be eligible subject to the income, assets, and categorical
23 eligibility tests set forth in federal and state law. Payment
24 on behalf of these Medicaid eligible persons is subject to the
25 availability of moneys and any limitations established by the
26 General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.
27 (2) A caretaker relative or parent, a pregnant woman,
28 a child under age 19 who would otherwise qualify for Florida
29 Kidcare Medicaid, a child up to age 21 who would otherwise
30 qualify under s. 409.903(1), a person age 65 or over, or a
31 blind or disabled person, who would otherwise be eligible for
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1 Florida Medicaid, except that the income or assets of such
2 family or person exceed established limitations. For a family
3 or person in one of these coverage groups, medical expenses
4 are deductible from income in accordance with federal
5 requirements in order to make a determination of eligibility.
6 Expenses used to meet spend-down liability are not
7 reimbursable by Medicaid. Effective July May 1, 2003, when
8 determining the eligibility of a pregnant woman, a child, or
9 an aged, blind, or disabled individual, $270 shall be deducted
10 from the countable income of the filing unit. When determining
11 the eligibility of the parent or caretaker relative as defined
12 by Title XIX of the Social Security Act, the additional income
13 disregard of $270 does not apply. A family or person eligible
14 under the coverage known as the "medically needy," is eligible
15 to receive the same services as other Medicaid recipients,
16 with the exception of services in skilled nursing facilities
17 and intermediate care facilities for the developmentally
18 disabled.
19 Section 63. The nonrecurring sums of $8,265,777 from
20 the General Revenue Fund, $2,505,224 from the Grants and
21 Donations Trust Fund, and $11,727,287 from the Medical Care
22 Trust Fund are appropriated to the Agency for Health Care
23 Administration to implement section 3 of this act during the
24 2002-2003 fiscal year. This section takes effect May 1, 2003.
25 Section 64. Except as otherwise expressly provided in
26 this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2003; this
27 section and sections 25-41 of this act shall take effect upon
28 becoming a law; and, if this act becomes a law after May 1,
29 2003, sections 62 and 63 of this act shall operate
30 retroactively to that date.
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
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6 amending s. 409.904, F.S.; postponing the
7 effective date of changes to standards for
8 eligibility for certain optional medical
9 assistance, including coverage under the
10 medically needy program; providing
11 appropriations; providing for retroactive
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