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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to the Florida Kidcare program; creating | ||
| 3 | s. 409.8141, F.S.; providing that an uninsured parent, | ||
| 4 | guardian, or relative caretaker of a child enrolled in the | ||
| 5 | Florida Kidcare program is eligible for coverage under the | ||
| 6 | program, subject to certain limitations; requiring | ||
| 7 | separate premiums or cost-sharing requirements for the | ||
| 8 | parent, guardian, or relative caretaker; providing that | ||
| 9 | nonpayment of premiums or cost-sharing requirements for an | ||
| 10 | adult is not grounds for disenrolling a child in that | ||
| 11 | family from the program; providing for coverage of a | ||
| 12 | parent, guardian, or relative caretaker whose income is | ||
| 13 | above a specified level if the adult pays the full cost of | ||
| 14 | the premium, including administrative costs; providing | ||
| 15 | that the eligibility for coverage provided by the act is | ||
| 16 | not an entitlement; authorizing the Agency for Health Care | ||
| 17 | Administration and the board of directors of the Florida | ||
| 18 | Healthy Kids Corporation to limit enrollment under the | ||
| 19 | act; exempting the adults enrolled under the act from the | ||
| 20 | enrollment limitations of the Florida Kidcare program; | ||
| 21 | providing an effective date. | ||
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| 23 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 25 | Section 1. Section 409.8141, Florida Statutes, is created | ||
| 26 | to read: | ||
| 27 | 409.8141 Eligibility for a parent, guardian, or relative | ||
| 28 | caretaker.-- | ||
| 29 | (1) An uninsured parent, guardian, or relative caretaker | ||
| 30 | of a child enrolled in the Florida Kidcare program is eligible | ||
| 31 | for coverage under the Florida Kidcare program, subject to the | ||
| 32 | availability of moneys and any limitations established in the | ||
| 33 | General Appropriations Act or chapter 216. | ||
| 34 | (2) Cost-sharing requirements or premiums charged for | ||
| 35 | coverage for a parent, guardian, or relative caretaker shall be | ||
| 36 | separate from and in addition to the cost-sharing provisions | ||
| 37 | imposed for child coverage. Nonpayment of the premiums or cost- | ||
| 38 | sharing requirements for a parent, guardian, or relative | ||
| 39 | caretaker shall not be grounds for disenrollment of a child in | ||
| 40 | that family. | ||
| 41 | (3) A parent, guardian, or relative caretaker of a child | ||
| 42 | enrolled in the Florida Kidcare program whose income is above | ||
| 43 | 200 percent of the federal poverty level may participate in the | ||
| 44 | Florida Kidcare program; however, the adult is not eligible for | ||
| 45 | premium assistance payments and must pay the full cost of the | ||
| 46 | premium, including any administrative costs. | ||
| 47 | (4) The eligibility created in this section is not an | ||
| 48 | entitlement. The agency and the board of directors of the | ||
| 49 | Florida Healthy Kids Corporation may place limits on enrollment | ||
| 50 | of parents, guardians, or relative caretakers in order to avoid | ||
| 51 | adverse selection or to comply with limitations in the General | ||
| 52 | Appropriations Act. | ||
| 53 | (5) A parent, guardian, or relative caretaker who | ||
| 54 | participates in the Florida Kidcare program as provided in this | ||
| 55 | section is not included in the annual limitations on enrollment | ||
| 56 | established for the Florida Kidcare program. | ||
| 57 | Section 2. This act shall take effect October 1, 2004. | ||