| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to lung transplant services; amending s. |
| 3 | 409.9062, F.S.; requiring the use of certain payments for |
| 4 | certain lung transplant facility fees; providing an |
| 5 | effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. Section 409.9062, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 10 | to read: |
| 11 | 409.9062 Lung transplant services for Medicaid |
| 12 | recipients.--Subject to the availability of funds and subject to |
| 13 | any limitations or directions provided for in the General |
| 14 | Appropriations Act or chapter 216, the Agency for Health Care |
| 15 | Administration Medicaid program shall pay for medically |
| 16 | necessary lung transplant services for Medicaid recipients. |
| 17 | Unless expressly directed otherwise in the General |
| 18 | Appropriations Act, these payments shall be used to reimburse |
| 19 | approved lung transplant facilities' global fee for providing |
| 20 | transplant services to Medicaid recipients. |
| 21 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |