| 1 | The Health Care Appropriations Committee recommends the |
| 2 | following: |
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| 4 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 5 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 6 | A bill to be entitled |
| 7 | An act relating to the personal needs allowance; amending |
| 8 | s. 409.904, F.S.; increasing the monthly personal |
| 9 | allowance for certain eligible persons; providing an |
| 10 | appropriation; providing an effective date. |
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| 12 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 14 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section |
| 15 | 409.904, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 16 | 409.904 Optional payments for eligible persons.--The |
| 17 | agency may make payments for medical assistance and related |
| 18 | services on behalf of the following persons who are determined |
| 19 | to be eligible subject to the income, assets, and categorical |
| 20 | eligibility tests set forth in federal and state law. Payment on |
| 21 | behalf of these Medicaid eligible persons is subject to the |
| 22 | availability of moneys and any limitations established by the |
| 23 | General Appropriations Act or chapter 216. |
| 24 | (3) A person who is in need of the services of a licensed |
| 25 | nursing facility, a licensed intermediate care facility for the |
| 26 | developmentally disabled, or a state mental hospital, whose |
| 27 | income does not exceed 300 percent of the SSI income standard, |
| 28 | and who meets the assets standards established under federal and |
| 29 | state law. In determining the person's responsibility for the |
| 30 | cost of care, the following amounts must be deducted from the |
| 31 | person's income: |
| 32 | (a) The monthly personal allowance for residents which |
| 33 | shall be $45 per month as set based on appropriations. |
| 34 | Section 2. The sums of $2,205,524 from the General Revenue |
| 35 | Fund and $3,146,716 from the Medical Care Trust Fund are |
| 36 | appropriated to the Agency for Health Care Administration for |
| 37 | the 2006-2007 fiscal year for an increase in Medicaid |
| 38 | expenditures, and the sum of $660,000 is appropriated from the |
| 39 | General Revenue Fund to the Department of Children and Family |
| 40 | Services for the 2006-2007 fiscal year for an increase to the |
| 41 | personal care allowance. |
| 42 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |