HB 1553

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A bill to be entitled
2An act relating to Medicaid; amending s. 409.906, F.S.;
3authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to
4pay for certain visual services prescribed to Medicaid
5recipients regardless of age; providing an appropriation;
6providing an effective date.
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8Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10     Section 1.  Subsection (23) of section 409.906, Florida
11Statutes, is amended to read:
12     409.906  Optional Medicaid services.--Subject to specific
13appropriations, the agency may make payments for services which
14are optional to the state under Title XIX of the Social Security
15Act and are furnished by Medicaid providers to recipients who
16are determined to be eligible on the dates on which the services
17were provided. Any optional service that is provided shall be
18provided only when medically necessary and in accordance with
19state and federal law. Optional services rendered by providers
20in mobile units to Medicaid recipients may be restricted or
21prohibited by the agency. Nothing in this section shall be
22construed to prevent or limit the agency from adjusting fees,
23reimbursement rates, lengths of stay, number of visits, or
24number of services, or making any other adjustments necessary to
25comply with the availability of moneys and any limitations or
26directions provided for in the General Appropriations Act or
27chapter 216. If necessary to safeguard the state's systems of
28providing services to elderly and disabled persons and subject
29to the notice and review provisions of s. 216.177, the Governor
30may direct the Agency for Health Care Administration to amend
31the Medicaid state plan to delete the optional Medicaid service
32known as "Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally
33Disabled." Optional services may include:
34     (23)  CHILDREN'S VISUAL SERVICES.--The agency may pay for
35visual examinations, eyeglasses, and eyeglass repairs for a
36recipient younger than 21 years of age, if they are prescribed
37by a licensed physician specializing in diseases of the eye or
38by a licensed optometrist. Eyeglasses for adult recipients shall
39be limited to one pair every 2 years.
40     Section 2.  There are hereby appropriated the sums of
41$3,038,915 from the General Revenue Fund, $4,353,236 from the
42Medical Care Trust Fund, and $241,802 from the Refugee
43Assistance Trust Fund to the Agency for Health Care
44Administration for the 2005-2006 fiscal year to provide adult
45vision services to Medicaid recipients.
46     Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.


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