Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 838, 1st Eng.
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11  Senators Peaden, Carlton, Saunders, Atwater, Campbell, and
12  Rich moved the following amendment:
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19         (5)  By December 1, 2005, the Agency for Health Care
20  Administration, in partnership with the Department of Elderly
21  Affairs, shall create an integrated, fixed-payment delivery
22  system for Medicaid recipients who are 60 years of age or
23  older. The Agency for Health Care Administration shall
24  implement the integrated system initially on a pilot basis in
25  two areas of the state. In one of the areas enrollment shall
26  be on a voluntary basis. The program must transfer all
27  Medicaid services for eligible elderly individuals who choose
28  to participate into an integrated-care management model
29  designed to serve Medicaid recipients in the community. The
30  program must combine all funding for Medicaid services
31  provided to individuals 60 years of age or older into the
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    Florida Senate - 2005                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 838, 1st Eng.
                        Barcode 922054
 1  integrated system, including funds for Medicaid home and
 2  community-based waiver services; all Medicaid services
 3  authorized in ss. 409.905 and 409.906, excluding funds for
 4  Medicaid nursing home services unless the agency is able to
 5  demonstrate how the integration of the funds will improve
 6  coordinated care for these services in a less costly manner;
 7  and Medicare coinsurance and deductibles for persons dually
 8  eligible for Medicaid and Medicare as prescribed in s.
 9  409.908(13).
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