Senate Bill sb0546c1

    Florida Senate - 2005                            CS for SB 546

    By the Committee on Health and Human Services Appropriations;
    and Senator Smith




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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to reimbursement for lung

  3         transplant services for Medicaid recipients;

  4         amending s. 409.9062, F.S.; requiring the

  5         Agency for Health Care Administration to

  6         reimburse lung transplant facilities a global

  7         fee for services provided to Medicaid

  8         recipients; providing an appropriation;

  9         providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Section 409.9062, Florida Statutes, is

14  amended to read:

15         409.9062  Lung transplant services for Medicaid

16  recipients.--Subject to the availability of funds and subject

17  to any limitations or directions provided for in the General

18  Appropriations Act or chapter 216, the Agency for Health Care

19  Administration Medicaid program shall pay for medically

20  necessary lung transplant services for Medicaid recipients.

21  These payments must be used to reimburse approved lung

22  transplant facilities a global fee for providing lung

23  transplant services to Medicaid recipients.

24         Section 2.  The sums of $401,098 from the General

25  Revenue Fund and $593,058 from the Medical Care Trust Fund are

26  appropriated to the Agency for Health Care Administration for

27  the purpose of implementing this act during the 2005-2006

28  fiscal year.

29         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

30  law.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                            CS for SB 546
    603-2304-05




 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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