995091                                                     
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  HHS              20


Senator(s): Dawson
moved the following amendment:

Section: 03              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 044             Provides $60 million in general revenue and $86 million
                         in trust to restore the Medically Needy Program for
Spec App:  202           adults to the full range of services as other Medicaid
                         recipients.  This amendment uses general revenue funds
                         not currently appropriated in the General
                         Appropriations Act which will become available if the
                         2003 changes to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code related
                         to bonus depreciation are not adopted for purposes of
                         the Florida corporate income tax this session. 
                         

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -          146,096,677            60,045,734           86,050,943 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                                  Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                      DELETE         INSERT

        AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
        Program: Health Care Services
        Medicaid Services To Individuals  68501400

        In Section 03  On Page 044
202     Special Categories  101582
        Hospital Inpatient Services  IOEE

   1000   From General Revenue Fund              153,798,529    183,821,396
       CA 30,022,867  FSI2 30,022,867  
   2474   From Medical Care Trust Fund         1,339,181,532  1,382,207,003
       CA 43,025,471  FSI3 43,025,471  

Delete the following paragraph of proviso in Specific Appropriation 202 
which shows as the first paragraph on page 48: 

Funds   in   Specific   Appropriations   202  and  215  are  reduced  by
$60,045,734  from  the  General  Revenue  Fund  and $86,050,943 from the
Medical  Care  Trust  Fund  due  to  a  reduction in the Medically Needy
Program to include only a pharmacy benefit, effective January 1, 2005.

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        In Section 03  On Page 050
215     Special Categories  102541
        Physician Services  IOEE

   1000   From General Revenue Fund              174,663,119    204,685,986
       CA 30,022,867  FSI2 30,022,867  
   2474   From Medical Care Trust Fund           326,871,340    369,896,812
       CA 43,025,472  FSI3 43,025,472  

Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process.  However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement
within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.








































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