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| 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.; authorizing | ||
| 4 | use of funds for Medicaid for certain persons; providing | ||
| 5 | eligibility criteria; providing income and asset | ||
| 6 | limitations; providing for construction of the act in pari | ||
| 7 | materia with laws enacted during the 2003 Regular Session | ||
| 8 | of the Legislature; 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 409.904, | ||
| 13 | 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 on | ||
| 19 | 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) Funds may be used to provide Medicaid to persons at | ||
| 23 | least 16 but less than 65 years of age who would be considered | ||
| 24 | eligible for supplemental security income but for earnings in | ||
| 25 | excess of the limit established under s. 1905(q)(2)(B) of Pub. | ||
| 26 | L. No. 106-170, who is enrolled in Medicaid before July 1, 2003, | ||
| 27 | and whose income does not exceed the income limit specified in | ||
| 28 | subsection (1) or a lower income limit as specified by | ||
| 29 | administrative rule. Earned income of up to 250 percent of the | ||
| 30 | federal poverty level, after application of the supplemental | ||
| 31 | security income earned income disregards, shall be disregarded | ||
| 32 | in determining eligibility. The asset limit shall be $8,000 for | ||
| 33 | an individual and $9,000 for a couple, excluding a second | ||
| 34 | vehicle, if there is a spouse living in the home, and all funds | ||
| 35 | placed in a retirement account recognized by the Internal | ||
| 36 | Revenue Service. Effective July 1, 2006, this subsection shall | ||
| 37 | apply to any person who is eligible to enroll in Medicaid. | ||
| 38 | Section 2. If any law amended by this act was also amended | ||
| 39 | by a law enacted at the 2003 Regular Session of the Legislature, | ||
| 40 | such laws shall be construed as if they had been enacted at the | ||
| 41 | same session of the Legislature, and full effect shall be given | ||
| 42 | to each if possible. | ||
| 43 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003. | ||