Senate Bill sb0694
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Florida Senate - 2003 SB 694
By Senator Saunders
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to social and economic
3 assistance; amending s. 409.904, F.S.;
4 authorizing the Department of Children and
5 Family Services to make medical assistance
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7 hospitalized in state-designated trauma
8 centers; providing an effective date.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Subsection (11) is added to section
13 409.904, Florida Statutes, to read:
14 409.904 Optional payments for eligible persons.--The
15 agency may make payments for medical assistance and related
16 services on behalf of the following persons who are determined
17 to be eligible subject to the income, assets, and categorical
18 eligibility tests set forth in federal and state law. Payment
19 on behalf of these Medicaid eligible persons is subject to the
20 availability of moneys and any limitations established by the
21 General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.
22 (11) A person under age 65 who is hospitalized in a
23 state-designated trauma center for multiple significant
24 trauma, DRGs 484-487, and whose family income, after
25 deductions for uninsured medical expenses, is at or below 200
26 percent of the federal poverty level.
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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3 Authorizes the Department of Children and Family Services
to make medical-assistance payments to certain persons
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