Senate Bill sb1472

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1472

    By Senator Margolis





    35-854-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to nursing home facilities;

  3         providing that nursing home facilities that

  4         participate in the Medicaid program may

  5         contract with the Department of Management

  6         Services to purchase coverage in the state

  7         group health insurance plan for the facility's

  8         eligible employees and their dependents;

  9         providing requirements for such participation;

10         providing for administrative fees; requiring

11         the department to maintain specified records;

12         providing an effective date.

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14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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16         Section 1.  Nursing home facilities; employee health

17  insurance through state group health plan.--

18         (1)  Beginning July 1, 2004, a nursing home facility as

19  defined in section 400.021, Florida Statutes, which

20  participates in the Medicaid program may contract with the

21  Department of Management Services to purchase coverage in the

22  state group health insurance for the facility's eligible

23  employees and their dependents. Each nursing home facility

24  that participates in the state group health insurance plan

25  shall collect the employee contribution, in the form of a

26  payroll deduction or other remuneration, from each qualified

27  employee as required by the department by rule. The employer

28  shall also make the required contributions that will be

29  applied toward the cost of the monthly premiums and shall pay

30  to the department an annual administrative fee of not less

31  than $5 per enrollee per month, as determined by the

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1472
    35-854-04




 1  department. The employee's proportionate contribution to the

 2  monthly premium may not be more than that charged to state

 3  employees who are enrolled in the state group health insurance

 4  plan.

 5         (2)  The Department of Management Services shall

 6  maintain a separate accounting for all records of nursing home

 7  facilities that elect coverage under this section, including

 8  all statistical information necessary for making actuarial

 9  assumptions for the group.

10         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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13                          SENATE SUMMARY

14    Provides that nursing home facilities that participate in
      Medicaid may contract with the Department of Management
15    Services to purchase coverage in the state group health
      insurance plan for the facility's eligible employees and
16    their dependents. Provides requirements for such
      participation. Provides for administrative fees to be
17    paid to the department. Requires the department to
      maintain specified records.
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