Amendment
Bill No. 1553

Amendment No. 127051

CHAMBER ACTION
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1	Representative(s) Clarke offered the following:
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3	Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
4	Between line(s) 348 and 349, insert:
5	(24)  CHILD-WELFARE-TARGETED CASE MANAGEMENT.--The Agency
6	for Health Care Administration, in consultation with the
7	Department of Children and Family Services, may establish a
8	targeted case-management project in those counties identified by
9	the Department of Children and Family Services and for all
10	counties with a community-based child welfare project, as
11	authorized under s. 409.1671, which have been specifically
12	approved by the department. Results of targeted case management
13	projects shall be reported to the Social Services Estimating
14	Conference established under s. 216.136. The covered group of
15	individuals who are eligible to receive targeted case management
16	include children who are eligible for Medicaid; who are between
17	the ages of birth through 21; and who are under protective
18	supervision or postplacement supervision, under foster-care
19	supervision, or in shelter care or foster care, or young adults
20	who have reached 18 years of age but are not yet 22 years of age
21	and who were in foster care when they turned 18 years of age, as
22	described in s. 409.1451. The number of individuals who are
23	eligible to receive targeted case management shall be limited to
24	the number for whom the Department of Children and Family
25	Services has available matching funds to cover the costs. The
26	general revenue funds required to match the funds for services
27	provided by the community-based child welfare projects are
28	limited to funds available for services described under s.
29	409.1671. Additional funding for this service may be made
30	available through certification of match by any local or state
31	public tax revenue source. The number of individuals who are
32	eligible to receive targeted case management shall be limited to
33	the number for whom certified local or state public tax revenue
34	sources are available to cover the cost. The Department of
35	Children and Family Services may transfer the general revenue
36	matching funds as billed by the Agency for Health Care
37	Administration.
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40	Remove line(s) 15 and 16 and insert:
41	Section 1.  Subsections (23) and (24) of section 409.906,
42	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
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46	Remove line(s) 11 and insert:
47	revising provisions relating to child-welfare -targeted
48	case management to expand the group of individuals who are
49	covered; providing for sources of additional funding;
50	providing an effective date.
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