Senate Bill sb1994

    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1994

    By Senator Garcia





    40-1506-05                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Medicaid; amending s.

  3         409.906, F.S.; authorizing the Agency for

  4         Health Care Administration to pay for certain

  5         visual services prescribed to Medicaid

  6         recipients regardless of age; providing an

  7         effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (23) of section 409.906, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         409.906  Optional Medicaid services.--Subject to

14  specific appropriations, the agency may make payments for

15  services which are optional to the state under Title XIX of

16  the Social Security Act and are furnished by Medicaid

17  providers to recipients who are determined to be eligible on

18  the dates on which the services were provided. Any optional

19  service that is provided shall be provided only when medically

20  necessary and in accordance with state and federal law.

21  Optional services rendered by providers in mobile units to

22  Medicaid recipients may be restricted or prohibited by the

23  agency. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent

24  or limit the agency from adjusting fees, reimbursement rates,

25  lengths of stay, number of visits, or number of services, or

26  making any other adjustments necessary to comply with the

27  availability of moneys and any limitations or directions

28  provided for in the General Appropriations Act or chapter 216.

29  If necessary to safeguard the state's systems of providing

30  services to elderly and disabled persons and subject to the

31  notice and review provisions of s. 216.177, the Governor may

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1994
    40-1506-05                                              See HB




 1  direct the Agency for Health Care Administration to amend the

 2  Medicaid state plan to delete the optional Medicaid service

 3  known as "Intermediate Care Facilities for the Developmentally

 4  Disabled." Optional services may include:

 5         (23)  CHILDREN'S VISUAL SERVICES.--The agency may pay

 6  for visual examinations, eyeglasses, and eyeglass repairs for

 7  a recipient younger than 21 years of age, if they are

 8  prescribed by a licensed physician specializing in diseases of

 9  the eye or by a licensed optometrist.

10         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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