SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2000
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 470176
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Siplin moved the following amendment:
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17 (2) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--
18 (a) The Legislature finds that increased access to
19 health care services could improve children's health and
20 reduce the incidence and costs of childhood illness and
21 disabilities among children in this state. Many children do
22 not have comprehensive, affordable health care services
23 available. It is the intent of the Legislature that the
24 Florida Healthy Kids Corporation provide comprehensive health
25 insurance coverage to such children. The corporation is
26 encouraged to cooperate with any existing health service
27 programs funded by the public or the private sector and to
28 work cooperatively with the Florida Partnership for School
29 Readiness.
30 (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the
31 Florida Healthy Kids Corporation serve as one of several
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1 providers of services to children eligible for medical
2 assistance under Title XXI of the Social Security Act.
3 Although the corporation may serve other children, the
4 Legislature intends the primary recipients of services
5 provided through the corporation be school-age children with a
6 family income below 200 percent of the federal poverty level,
7 who do not qualify for Medicaid. It is also the intent of the
8 Legislature that state and local government Florida Healthy
9 Kids funds be used to continue and expand
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