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HB 1843: Health Care

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Green

Health Care; delays nursing home staffing increase; provides for retroactive application; provides additional eligibility for KidCare; requires proof of family income with supporting documents; amends provisions re mandatory Medicaid services; requires utilization management of private duty nursing services; revises guidelines re reimbursement of Medicaid providers; requires convening of Medicaid Disproportionate Share Council, etc. Amends FS.

Effective Date: 07/01/2004 except as otherwise provided
Last Action: 5/28/2004 - Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2004-270; See also CS/CS/SB 1064 (Ch. 2004-344), CS/SB 2000 (Ch. 2004-1)
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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
3/28/2004 House • Filed
3/29/2004 House • Introduced, referred to Calendar -HJ 00339
4/1/2004 House • Placed on Special Order Calendar; Read second time -HJ 00393; Amendment(s) failed -HJ 00393; Amendment(s) adopted -HJ 00394; Read third time -HJ 00395; Passed as amended; YEAS 96 NAYS 22 -HJ 00396; Immediately certified -HJ 00396
4/1/2004 Senate • In Messages
4/2/2004 Senate • Received, referred to Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00558; Immediately withdrawn from Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations; Rules and Calendar -SJ 00539; Substituted for CS/SB 1276 -SJ 00540; Read second time -SJ 00540; Amendment(s) adopted -SJ 00540; Read third time -SJ 00549; Passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 2 -SJ 00549; Requested House to concur or appoint conference committee -SJ 00534; Immediately certified -SJ 00549
4/2/2004 House • In returning messages
4/12/2004 House • Refused to concur, acceded to request for conference committee -HJ 00425
4/12/2004 Senate • In returning messages -SJ 00602
4/14/2004 Senate • Conference Committee appointed: Senators Pruitt, Chair; Miller, Vice Chair; At Large: Diaz de la Portilla, Jones, Lee; Sub. Article V Implementation & Judiciary: Smith, Chair; Campbell, Geller, Haridopolos, Lee, Villalobos, Wise; Sub. Criminal Justice: Crist, Chair; Argenziano, Aronberg, Dawson, Fasano; Sub. Education: Carlton, Chair; Alexander, Constantine, Cowin, Hill, Lynn, Miller, Wasserman Schultz; Sub. General Government: Clary, Chair; Atwater, Bullard, Dockery, Lawson, Margolis; Sub. Health & Human Services: Peaden, Chair; Bennett, Jones, Saunders, Wilson; Sub. Trans. & Economic Dev.: Webster, Chair; Diaz de la Portilla, Garcia, Klein, Posey, Sebesta, Siplin -SJ 00580
4/15/2004 House • Conference Committee appointed: Reps Kyle-Ch; Murman-V-Ch; At Lrg: Bense, Greenstein, Harrington, Jennings, Rubio, Cantens, Richardson; AG: Baker; Evers, Poppell, Spratt, Clarke, M Davis, Troutman, Harper; COM: Brummer; Brown, D Davis, Quinones, Sorensen, Robaina, Bullard; ED: Simmons; Cretul, Kilmer, Sansom, Pickens, Kravitz, Arza, Baxley, Bendross-Mindingall, Carroll, Rivera; HLTH: Green; Farkas, Slosberg, Roberson, Harrington, Garcia, Harrell; HS: Murman; Anderson, Bean, HOUSE Gibson, Sobel; JD: Negron; Benson, Kottkamp, Mahon, Planas, Stargel, Holloway; SAF: Bilirakis; Barreiro, Needelman, Adams, Dean, Henriquez; TED: Waters; Berfield, Gardiner, Llorente, Russell, Cusack, Slosberg -HJ 00525
4/30/2004 House • Conference Committee Report received -HJ 01236; Conference Committee Report adopted -HJ 01236; Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 83 NAYS 34 -HJ 01252
4/30/2004 Senate • In returning messages; Conference Committee Report received -SJ 01475; Conference Committee Report adopted -SJ 01493; Passed as amended by Conference Committee Report; YEAS 32 NAYS 6 -SJ 01493
4/30/2004 House • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled -HJ 01542
5/20/2004 • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
5/28/2004 • Approved by Governor; Chapter No. 2004-270; See also CS/CS/SB 1064 (Ch. 2004-344), CS/SB 2000 (Ch. 2004-1)